Question:
Are there matters in Aqeedah that does not make one kafir but Fasiq?
Answer:
Plenty of matters, although they are more properly called bid`a which is worse than fisq. This is the case of the beliefs held by most of the seventy-two sects that are in the Fire. For example, not believing in the life of the grave; or not believing that our Prophet (saws) is alive in his grave and returning our Salam [e.g. Albani]; or believing that Allah Most High is actually on top of the seventh heaven, sitting on a Throne although this may be kufr (cf. Ibn Nujaym, al-Bahr al-Ra’iq 5:129-130); or, as held by the Shi`is that the Qur’an is created and that there is no such thing as the vision of Allah Most High in the Hereafter; or that for a Muslim to commit a grave sin is kufr; or that Allah is “like a king who is unable to contravene the law of his kingdom and needs a good reason to allow his minister to intercede for a thief” as in the chapter on Intercession in the book Taqwiyat al-Iman; or that Prophets are “only human beings like you and me” and that their `Isma – immunity to sin – is sometimes suspended, as held by al-Mawdudi.
Hajj Gibril
