Daniel Haqiqatjou@Haqiqatjou
The Dire Consequences of Takfīr Upon Disunity of the Ummah
The great scholar and ‘Ābid, of Yemen, Imām Ibn Al-Wazīr (d.840) said in his famous book Īthār al-Haqq ‘Alal-Khalq 2/522,524:
“The seventh point: that Allāh, Exalted is He, has explicitly stated the prohibition of disunity in His Noble Book, and this has come in many forms in both the Book and the Sunnah. There is nothing more obscene in causing disunity than arriving at declaring others kāfir (takfīr) based on non-definitive proofs that can be countered by similar ones - proofs that could instead be used to avoid declaring takfīr and to bring about unity. We only said that nothing is more heinous than this form of prohibited disunity because it leads to the greatest levels of hostility, estrangement, and separation.
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said concerning a man who had been punished for drinking wine - when people repeatedly cursed him because of that:
“Do not help the shaytān against your brother; for indeed, he loves Allāh and His Messenger.”…
So, whatever is closer to unity is more correct and preferable, and whatever is closer to disunity, calls to it, and stirs it up is more corrupt and invalid.
How vast is the difference between expelling the general masses of all the sects of Islam - along with the majority of scholars who identify as Muslims - expelling them out of the Islamic Religion, whereby the ranks of the Muslims could have been increased - compared to instead including them within the fold of Islam, giving victory to the Religion through them, increasing the numbers of the Muslims, and strengthening its cause?!
Therefore, it is not permissible to strive in causing disunity by forcing takfīr upon them through proofs that are opposed by what is stronger than them or equal to them - proofs that would instead unite the word, strengthen Islam, preserve lives, and calm the masses - until the kufr of the heretic becomes as clear as the break of dawn, there is unanimous agreement upon it, and the dharūrah (necessity) requires it.”