The Evidence That Faith Increases And Decreases
Darussalam · Volume 5
39. THE BOOK OFTHE SUNNAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4687 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 221
Source no. 4687 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح الترمذي (٢٧٨٧)
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4687. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whichever Muslim man denounces another Muslim to be a disbeliever, either he is indeed a disbeliever, otherwise he (the caller) is the disbeliever.'" (Sahih)
4687 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَكْفَرَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا: فَإِنْ كَانَ كَافِرًا، وَإِلَّا كَانَ هُوَ الْكَافِرُ "
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This narration following the previous, stresses that calling a Muslim a disbeliever is worse than killing him, as supported by other narrations. And when the one being called a disbeliever is a Muslim, then the Kufr falls on the accuser, because falsely alleging that a Muslim is a disbeliever, is Kufr by itself.