Fatwa ID: 06975
Answered by: Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek
Question:
My husband and me were talking about visiting his family, because I told him I don’t want to go there because of mixing between genders.
Then he said something like “This seems like Jehovah’s Witnesses to me”, because he thinks this is too strict.
Should I worry about his Iman or validation of my Nikah because of that?
Jehovah’s Witnesses is a Christian sect as far as I know
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
In the Quran Allah says (Surah Baqarah verse 208)
يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوا ادۡخُلُوۡا فِى السِّلۡمِ کَآفَّةً ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوۡا خُطُوٰتِ الشَّيۡطٰنِؕ اِنَّهٗ لَـکُمۡ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيۡنٌ
O those who believe, enter Islam completely, and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Surely, for you, he is an open enemy.
The system of Allah is that there are some boundaries and limits not to be crossed. Whatever Allah has commanded, a person must fulfill. Whatever Allah has prohibited, a person must stay away from.
Similarly a person must respect and revere the ruling of shariah and shouldn’t compromise on any of it. If a person is making evil statement regarding the shariah then he has to question his imaan. Due to the lack of imaan a person utter such statement and can bring him close to kufr.
It is therefore very important to ponder of what we say and we will be accountable of whatever we speak. Such individuals should make tawbah and istighfar and reform himself. In this instance his Imaan will be intact but one should be careful in the future.
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.
Written by Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
Reference:
أَنَّ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ لِلْكُفْرِ هَازِلًا أَوْ لَاعِبًا كَفَرَ عِنْدَ الْكُلِّ وَلَا اعْتِبَارَ بِاعْتِقَادِهِ كَمَا صَرَّحَ بِهِ فِي الْخَانِيَّةِ وَمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا مُخْطِئًا أَوْ مُكْرَهًا لَا يَكْفُرُ عِنْدَ الْكُلِّ، وَمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا عَامِدًا عَالِمًا كَفَرَ عِنْدَ الْكُلِّ وَمَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا اخْتِيَارًا جَاهِلًا بِأَنَّهَا كُفْرٌ فَفِيهِ اخْتِلَافٌ. اهـ.
رد المحتار ج٤ ص٢٢٤
وَمَنْ أَتَى بِلَفْظَةِ الْكُفْرِ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّهَا كُفْرٌ إلَّا أَنَّهُ أَتَى بِهَا عَنْ اخْتِيَارٍ يَكْفُرُ عِنْدَ عَامَّةِ الْعُلَمَاءِ خِلَافًا لِلْبَعْضِ، وَلَا يُعْذَرُ بِالْجَهْلِ كَذَا فِي الْخُلَاصَةِ
الْهَازِلُ، أَوْ الْمُسْتَهْزِئُ إذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِكُفْرٍ اسْتِخْفَافًا وَاسْتِهْزَاءً وَمِزَاحًا يَكُونُ كُفْرًا عِنْدَ الْكُلِّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ اعْتِقَادُهُ خِلَافَ ذَلِكَ.
الْخَاطِئُ إذَا أَجْرَى عَلَى لِسَانِهِ كَلِمَةَ الْكُفْرِ خَطَأً بِأَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِمَا لَيْسَ بِكُفْرٍ فَجَرَى عَلَى لِسَانِهِ كَلِمَةُ الْكُفْرِ خَطَأً لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ كُفْرًا عِنْدَ الْكُلِّ كَذَا فِي فَتَاوَى قَاضِي خَانْ
الفتاوى الهندية ج٢ ص٢٧٦
