You must, first of all, recollect one important thing: What is Kufr and what is Islam?
Kufr means refusal to obey God, and Islam means total submission to God alone and
refusal to accept any ideas, laws or commandments, which contravene the guidance,
received from God.
This contrast between Islam and Kufr has been clearly described in the Qur’an Allah
Says: ’who so judges not by what God has sent down they are the unbelievers’ (al-
Ma’idah 5:44).’Judging’ does not refer here to merely legal matter or court judgment.
It applies to all those decisions, which we all have to make every day in our lives. You
are all the time having to ask yourselves whether to do a certain thing or not, and
how to act in varying circumstances.
One way to reach a decision in every eventuality has been laid down in the Book of
God and in the Sunnah of His Messenger; other ways are prompter by your desires, by
your culture and society, or by man-made laws. If you ignore the way laid down by
God. If you decide to conduct your lives according to some other way, you are, then,
following the path of Kufr. If you do this always and in every portion of your lives, you
are totally Kafirs. And if you obey the directions of god in some matters, while in
others follow your own self, desires, society, or man-made laws, then you are guilty of
Kufr to the extent of your disobedience. You may be half Kafir, or a quarter Kafir or
less or more. Put simply: Kufr exists in proportion to the extent of rebellion against
the law of God.
Islam: Total Surrender
Kufr means refusal to obey God, and Islam means total submission to God alone and
refusal to accept any ideas, laws or commandments, which contravene the guidance,
received from God.
This contrast between Islam and Kufr has been clearly described in the Qur’an Allah
Says: ’who so judges not by what God has sent down they are the unbelievers’ (al-
Ma’idah 5:44).’Judging’ does not refer here to merely legal matter or court judgment.
It applies to all those decisions, which we all have to make every day in our lives. You
are all the time having to ask yourselves whether to do a certain thing or not, and
how to act in varying circumstances.
One way to reach a decision in every eventuality has been laid down in the Book of
God and in the Sunnah of His Messenger; other ways are prompter by your desires, by
your culture and society, or by man-made laws. If you ignore the way laid down by
God. If you decide to conduct your lives according to some other way, you are, then,
following the path of Kufr. If you do this always and in every portion of your lives, you
are totally Kafirs. And if you obey the directions of god in some matters, while in
others follow your own self, desires, society, or man-made laws, then you are guilty of
Kufr to the extent of your disobedience. You may be half Kafir, or a quarter Kafir or
less or more. Put simply: Kufr exists in proportion to the extent of rebellion against
the law of God.
Islam: Total Surrender