Aslam

Praise be to Allah.Kufr

takes different forms. The Murji’ah and other followers of bid’ah (reprehensible

innovation) say that kufr is only based on disbelief. But this view

is contrary to the evidence and contrary to the truth. It is known that

the Messengers were sent with miracles and proof to which hearts submitted.

It is rare indeed that people believed that what the Prophets brought

was false; most instances of kufr stemmed from arrogance, rejection

and stubbornness. Allaah mentioned that Quraysh did not disbelieve the

Prophet (peace and blessings of

Allaah be upon him), “but it is

the Verses (the Qur’aan) of Allaah that the Zaalimoon (polytheists and

wrongdoers) deny” [al-An’aam 6:33 – interpretation of the meaning].

This happens very often. Hence the scholars divided kufr into various

types: the kufr of negligence and not caring; the kufr of arrogance

and pride; the kufr of disbelief; the kufr of hypocrisy; the kufr of

doubt. There is a great deal of evidence to that effect in the Book

of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The story of Abu Taalib

and the Prophet (peace and blessings

of Allaah be upon him) is clear; he believed in him and he used to say,

“Our son does not tell lies,” but he was still a kaafir, because he

never made a statement of faith or followed it up with actions.