ʿAqīdah
عقيدة
كفر
Kufr
Definition
Disbelief — rejecting Allah, His messengers, or any necessary tenet of Islam.
Example
Major kufr expels from the fold of Islam; minor kufr (e.g. ingratitude) is a grave sin but does not.
See also
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Īmān
Faith — affirmation in the heart, declaration on the tongue, action by the limbs. It rises with obedience and falls with sin.
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Shirk
Associating partners with Allah in any form — the one sin He will not forgive if a person dies upon it without repentance.
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Nifāq
Hypocrisy — professing Islam outwardly while hiding disbelief, or the signs of hypocrisy even in a Muslim.
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