FIRST REMINDER. Yaum Al-Ithnayn 14th day of Shaabaan (30th April). DANGERS OF TAKFIR (declaring Muslims to be apostates). BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. One of the worst crimes against Islam and the Muslim community is the practice of excommunication (takfir or takfeer) which is to declare a practicing Muslim to be an unbeliever. There is a unanimous consensus among most scholars that the Quran, the Sunnah, and the righteous predecessors prohibit Muslims from charging each other with unbelief. Allah says: وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ Do not insult one another and do not call each other by offensive names. Surat Al-Hujurat 49:11 Ibn Abdul Barr comments on this verse, saying: وَقَدْ قَالَ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هُوَ قَوْلُ الرَّجُلِ لِأَخِيهِ يَا كَافِرُ يَا فَاسِقُ A group of scholars have said that offensive names are a man calling his brother an unbeliever or a wicked sinner. al-Tamhid 17/21. In several traditions, the Prophet and his companions warned us about the severity of charging a Muslim with unbelief or apostasy. Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: A man does not accuse another man of wickedness or unbelief except that it will return against him if his companion is innocent. Sahih Bukhari 5698, Grade: Sahih. To be continued in shaa Allah. May Allah aid us to help one another in dua and sincere advice instead of hatred to one another. Aameen.