THIRD REMINDER. Yaum Al-Ithnayn 14th day of Shaabaan (30th April). DANGERS OF TAKFIR (declaring Muslims to be apostates). BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first and second reminders. Please request for a copy if you couldn't receive any before reading this one. Ibn Abbas may Allah be pleased with him reported: A man passed by a group of companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he had with him some sheep. The man greeted them with peace and they said, “He only offered peace to protect himself.” So they attacked him, and took his sheep. They went to the Prophet and Allah the Exalted revealed the verse: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ أَلْقَى إِلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا O you who believe, when you go forth in the cause of Allah, do not say to whoever greets you with peace that you are not a believer. (4:94). Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3030, Grade: Sahih. Whenever a Muslim says or act in a way that invalidates their shahaada, we can alert them to renew their shahaada and encourage them to seek forgiveness. If anyone is following any deviated sect that we know, it's important to keep reminding and advising the person through wisdom and with proofs to win his or her soul back to the haqq(truth) but to call him or her names etc will only harden their heart towards their misguidance. Even to do daawah to a non Muslim requires wisdom and beautiful advice and pampering in an effort to soften their hearts towards Islam as such even to the non Muslim, we should not call him or her a kaafir bcs you never know whom Allah guides in the last hour before death. We can generise in our preaching by saying the kuffar says, the kaafir in my house says etc but we should not direct this word to their faces but rather call them by their names as Allah commanded us to be kind even to the disbelievers. Allah knows best. May Allah keep guiding us all and increases us in beneficial knowledge. Aameen.