What is the Ruling on a Religiously Disobedient Person?

What is the Ruling on a Religiously Disobedient Person?

Essential Q & A Concerning the Foundations of Imaan and Obstacles in the path of Imaan
By: Shaykh Abdur-Rahman As-Sa'dee (Rahimahullaah)

What is the Ruling o�n a Religiously Disobedient Person? Question 8 - Pg. 30

The o�ne who has Imaan and singles out Allah with all his worship but persists in committing acts of disobedience is considered to be:

1) A believer due to Imaan he possess
2) A faasiq * (footnote in italics) due to his abandoning some of the obligatory requirments of Imaan (faasiq- disobedient, the rebellious person)
3) o�ne who deserves the promise of reward due to his Imaan
4) o�ne who deserves the threat of punishment due to his disobedience
5) And o�ne who will not be made to stay in the Hellfire eternally (if he is punished)

So complete, absolute Imaan prevents o�ne from entering the Hellfire, while deficient Imaan o�nly prevents o�ne from being made to stay eternally in the Hellfire. *(footnote in italics)

This chapter is a refutation of the Khawaarij, those who opposed Ahlus-Sunnah by expelling Muslims from the Religion and calling the kaafirs who must reside in the Hellfire forever due to sins they have committed.