Misusing Takfir: A Tool of Destruction, Not Correction

Misusing Takfir: A Tool of Destruction, Not Correction

One of the most dangerous weapons in the hands of the Khawārij — past and present — is the misuse of takfīr.

Instead of being a judicial ruling by scholars based on clear-cut evidence and established conditions, it becomes in their hands a sword to strike down Muslims, divide the Ummah, and justify rebellion and murder.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

“If a man says to his brother, 'O disbeliever (kāfir),' then it (i.e., the accusation) returns upon one of them.”

[Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, 6104; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 60]

This is not da'wah.

This is not rectification.

This is corruption in the name of piety.

The Khawārij make takfīr over major sins, assumptions, and political disagreements — then use it to justify bloodshed.

But the Salaf — the true inheritors of the Prophet (peace be upon him) — exercised extreme caution:

— They distinguished between sins and disbelief,

— They upheld the conditions and barriers of takfīr,

— And they always chose mercy and guidance over haste and blood.

Misusing takfīr doesn’t correct the Ummah. It destroys it.

O Muslim!

Follow the way of the Salaf.

Guard your tongue.

And beware of those who call to chaos in the name of "truth."

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