All Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds and peace and blessings be upon the most
honorable of all Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad.
Believing in Allah is the most precious thing a believer owns, if he loses it then it is
a manifest loss. Allah Almighty has said: {And whosoever disbelieves in Faith [i.e.
in the Oneness of Allâh and in all the other Articles of Faith i.e. His (Allâh’s) Angels,
His Holy Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection and Al-Qadar (Divine Pre
ordainments)], then fruitless is his work; and in the Hereafter he will be among the
losers.} [Surat Al-Mâ‘idah: 5].
Tranliteration: waman yakfur bialeemani faqad habita AAamaluhu wahuwa fee
alakhirati mina alkhasireena
So, the greatest sins ever are the nullifiers of faith, because whosoever commits one
of them, then he is a disbeliever; nothing will avail him, he is eternally dwelling in
Hellfire, we seek refuge in Allah. Allah Almighty has said: }Verily, those who disbe
lieved, and died while they were disbelievers, the (whole) earth full of gold will not
be accepted from anyone of them even if they offered it as a ransom. For them is a
painful torment and they will have no helpers} [Surat Al-‘Imrân: 91].
Transliteration: Inna allatheena kafaroo wamatoo wahum kuffarun falan yuqbala min
ahadihim milo alardi thahaban walawi iftada bihi olaika lahum AAathabun aleemun
wama lahum min nasireena
The most prominent of these nullifiers, in short, are:
The first nullifier: denying the Deity of Allah: it is the first of its characteristics. Allah
Almighty has said in a narration about the polytheist disbelievers: {And they say:
«There is nothing but our life of this world, we die and we live and nothing destroys
us except Ad-Dahr (time). And they have no knowledge of it: they only conjecture.}
[Surat Al-Jâthiya: 24]
Transliteration: Waqaloo ma hiya illa hayatuna alddunya namootu wanahya wama
yuhlikuna illa alddahru wama lahum bithalika min AAilmin in hum illa yathunnoona
Everyone who sets a partner to Allah is a polytheist just like Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) when
he said: «I am your lord, most high.», and when the Nimrod Ben-Canaan said: «I
give life and cause death.»
This view includes: those who believe in the unity of existence, they are those who
claim that Allah is the essence of this creation - Glorified and High be He! High
above (the great falsehood) that they say! Included is also the Magi belief that the
origin of the incidents of Good are grounded on the light and that the incidents of
Evil are grounded on the darkness. And enters into this the denial of the deity of
Allah, as has been established by a handful of atheists, past and present. They deny
the existence of the Creator, and they attribute deeds in this existence to nature;
Glorified and High be Allah above (the great falsehood) that they say.
To answer them in short:
1. It goes without saying that any creation must have a creator; it is a self-evident
truth even to kids. If a boy is hit by someone, even if not seen by him, he would
ask: who has hit me? And if he is told that no one has hit him, his mind will not
accept such a thing. This magnificent creation is in itself an evidence of the exis
tence of a great Creator. Allah Almighty has said: {This is the creation of Allâh. So
show Me that which those (whom you worship) besides Him have created.} [Surat
Luqmân: 11]
Transliteration: Hatha khalqu Allahi faaroonee matha khalaqa allatheena min doonihi
Allah Almighty has said: {Or do they assign to Allâh partners who created the like of
His creation, so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike
to them?» Say: «Allâh is the Creator of all things; and He is the One, the Irresist
ible.»} [Surat Ar-Ra‘d: 16].
Transliteration: am jaAAaloo lillahi shurakaa khalaqoo kakhalqihi fatashabaha
alkhalqu AAalayhim quli Allahu khaliqu kulli shayin wahuwa alwahidu alqahharu
Allah Almighty has also said: }Verily those on whom you call besides Allâh, cannot
create (even) a fly, even though they combine together for the purpose.{ [Surat Al
Hajj: 73],
Transliteration: lan yakhluqoo thubaban walawi ijtamaAAoo lahu
And He has said: {Were they created by nothing? Or were they themselves the
creators? (35) Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no
f
irm Belief.{ [Surat At-Tûr: 35-36]
Transliteration: Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona (35) Am
khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona
2. The uniformity of the whole world and its perfection is evidence that its director
is one God and one Lord, He has neither partners nor rivals; the Almighty has said:
{No son (or offspring) did Allâh beget, nor is there any ilâh (god) along with Him.
(If there had been many gods), then each god would have taken away what he had
created, and some would have tried to overcome others!{ [Surat Al-Mu‘minûn: 91]
Transliteration: Ma ittakhatha Allahu min waladin wama kana maAAahu min ilahin
ithan lathahaba kullu ilahin bima khalaqa walaAAala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin
3. Subjecting the creatures to perform their functions and missions, there is no crea
ture that would decline or refrain from performing its task in this universe; and this
is what was concluded by Moses when the Pharaoh asked him: {Fir‘aun (Pharaoh)
said: «Who then, O Mûsâ (Moses), is the Lord of you two?» (49) [Mûsâ (Moses)]
said: «Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it
aright.»} [Surat Tâha: 49-50].
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Transliteration: Qala faman rabbukuma ya moosa (49) Qala rabbuna allathee aAAta
kulla shayin khalqahu thumma hada
This means: it is our Lord who has created all creatures, and has given every crea
ture its appropriate constitution and all its attributes (and after that, He has guided)
every living creature to what purpose it was created for. This guidance is the whole
complete guidance fully manifested in all creatures; each creature you find is per
forming what it was created for: to bring about benefits and shove off harms. Even
animals: Allah has given them a mind that permits them to do what will benefit
them and push away what would harm them and manage what is needed for their
life. This is shown in the words of Allah: {Who made everything He has created
good} [Surat As-Sajdah: 7]
Transliteration: Allathee ahsana kulla shayin khalaqahu
Truthful was the poet when he said:
In everything there is a sign *** that tells He is One
The second nullifier: Polytheism in worshipping Allah by performing some rituals of
worship to other than Him: invoking other than Allah, offering sacrifices and vows to
other than Allah from the dead people in their graves to the jinn and devils; to fear
the dead or jinn or demons that they could harm or hurt them; and to ask and hope
from other than Allah to fulfill needs and relieve distress, which is now being prac
ticed around the shrines built on the graves of the Auliyâ‘ and the righteous in some
Islamic countries. Allah Almighty has said: {And they worship besides Allâh things
that harm them not, nor profit them, and they say: «These are our intercessors with
Allâh.» Say: «Do you inform Allâh of that which He knows not in the heavens and
on the earth?» Glorified and Exalted is He above all that which they associate as
partners (with Him)!{ [Surat Yûnus: 18].
Transliteration: WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yadurruhum wala yan
faAAuhum wayaqooloona haolai shufaAAaona AAinda Allahi qul atunabbioona Allaha
bima la yaAAlamu fee alssamawati wala fee alardi subhanahu wataAAala AAamma
yushrikoona
Included in this verse: those who take the dead in the graves from the righteous as
intercessors and mediators between them and Allah; they invoke and ask them for
help; they circumambulate around their shrines and offer sacrifices, and this is the
polytheism of the infidels. Allah almighty has said about these polytheists: }We wor
ship them only that they may bring us near to Allâh} [Surat Az-Zumar: 3].
Transliteration: ma naAAbuduhum illa liyuqarriboona ila Allahi zulfa
The third nullifier: Denying anything that Allah has established for Himself or that
His Messenger, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, has proven for Him, as
well as assigning an attribute of Allah to one of His slaves such as His knowledge;
also trying to prove something denied by Allah Himself or denied by His Messenger,
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The Almighty has said: {Say (O Muham
mad): «He is Allâh, (the) One. (1) «Allâh-us-Samad [Allâh the Self-Sufficient Master,
Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)]. (2) «He begets not, nor was
He begotten. (3) «And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.»} [Surat Al
Ikhlâs]
Transliteration: Qul huwa Allahu ahadun (1) Allahu alssamadu (2) Lam yalid walam
yooladu (3) Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahadun
The Almighty has said: {And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call
on Him by them, and leave the company of those who belie or deny (or utter impi
ous speech against) His Names. They will be requited for what they used to do.}
[Surat Al-A’râf: 180]
Transliteration: Walillahi alasmao alhusna faodAAoohu biha watharoo allatheena yul
hidoona fee asmaihi sayujzawna ma kanoo yaAAmaloona
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The Almighty has said: {There is nothing like Him; and He is the All-Hearer, the All
Seer.{ [Surat Ash-Shûrâ: 11].
Transliteration: laysa kamithlihi shayon wahuwa alssameeAAu albaseeru
The Almighty has said: {Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between
them, so worship Him (Alone) and be constant and patient in His worship. Do you
know of any who is similar to Him? (of course none is similar or co-equal or compa
rable to Him, and He has none as partner with Him). [There is nothing like Him and
He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer]} [Surat Maryam: 65].
Transliteration: Rabbu alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma faoAAbudhu waista
bir liAAibadatihi hal taAAlamu lahu samiyyan
The interrogation here is to deny the fact asked for which means that He has no
peer to partner Him in worship.
The fourth nullifier: accusing the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him, of lying about anything that was revealed to him. Allah Almighty has
said: {And if they belie you, those before them also belied. Their Messengers came
to them with clear signs, and with the Scriptures, and the book giving light. (25)
Then I took hold of those who disbelieved: and how terrible was My denial (punish
ment)!{ [Surat Fâtir: 25-26]
Transliteration: Wain yukaththibooka faqad kaththaba allatheena min qablihim
jaathum rusuluhum bialbayyinati wabialzzuburi wabialkitabi almuneeri (25) Thumma
akhathtu allatheena kafaroo fakayfa kana nakeeri
The fifth nullifier: believing that the guidance of the Prophet, peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him, is not perfect or complete. Allah Almighty has said: {This day, I
have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have cho
sen for you Islâm as your religion} [Surat Al-Mâ‘idah: 3]
Transliteration: alyawma akmaltu lakum deenakum waatmamtu AAalaykum niAAma
tee waradeetu lakumu alislama deenan
The fifth nullifier: Denying what Allah has revealed of the Islamic rulings; or believ
ing that the rulings of other than Him is better or more comprehensive to human
needs; or believing that the rulings of Allah and His Messenger, peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him, are equal to other rulings; or believing that it is permissible to
rule with other than that Allah Almighty has revealed – even if he thought that the
ruling of Allah is better.
In the same line is ruling by the man-made laws which contradict the provisions of
Allah Glorified and Exalted.
Allah almighty has said: {Have you seen those (hyprocrites) who claim that they
believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down
before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taghut
(false judges, etc.) while they have been ordered to reject them. But Shaitan (Sa
tan) wishes to lead them far astray. (60) And when it is said to them: «Come to
what Allah has sent down and to the Messenger (Muhammad SAW),» you (Muham
mad SAW) see the hypocrites turn away from you (Muhammad SAW) with aversion.
(61) How then, when a catastrophe befalls them because of what their hands have
sent forth, they come to you swearing by Allah, «We meant no more than goodwill
and conciliation!» (62) They (hypocrites) are those of whom Allah knows what is
in their hearts; so turn aside from them (do not punish them) but admonish them,
and speak to them an effective word (i.e. to believe in Allah, worship Him, obey
Him, and be afraid of Him) to reach their innerselves. (63) We sent no Messenger,
but to be obeyed by Allah‘s Leave. If they (hypocrites), when they had been unjust
to themselves, had come to you (Muhammad SAW) and begged Allah‘s Forgive
ness, and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them: indeed, they would have
found Allah All-Forgiving (One Who accepts repentance), Most Merciful. (64) But
no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad SAW)
judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against
your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.} [Surat An-Nisâ‘: 60-65]
Transliteration: Alam tara ila allatheena yazAAumoona annahum amanoo bima onzila
ilayka wama onzila min qablika yureedoona an yatahakamoo ila alttaghooti waqad
omiroo an yakfuroo bihi wayureedu alshshaytanu an yudillahum dalalan baAAeedan
(60) Waitha qeela lahum taAAalaw ila ma anzala Allahu waila alrrasooli raayta almu
nafiqeena yasuddoona AAanka sudoodan (61) Fakayfa itha asabathum museebatun
bima qaddamat aydeehim thumma jaooka yahlifoona biAllahi in aradna illa ihsanan
watawfeeqan (62) Olaika allatheena yaAAlamu Allahu ma fee quloobihim faaAArid
AAanhum waAAithhum waqul lahum fee anfusihim qawlan baleeghan (63) Wama
arsalna min rasoolin illa liyutaAAa biithni Allahi walaw annahum ith thalamoo anfu
sahum jaooka faistaghfaroo Allaha waistaghfara lahumu alrrasoolu lawajadoo Allaha
tawwaban raheeman (64) Fala warabbika la yuminoona hatta yuhakkimooka feema
shajara baynahum thumma la yajidoo fee anfusihim harajan mimma qadayta wayus
allimoo tasleeman
Obeying scholars and the slaves of Allah in making lawful things as unlawful and un
lawful things as lawful certainly nullifies faith. Allah Almighty has said: }They (Jews
and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allâh (by
obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own
desires without being ordered by Allâh), and (they also took as their Lord) Messiah,
son of Maryam (Mary), while they (Jews and Christians) were commanded [in the
Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] to worship none but One Ilâh (God - Allâh)
Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Praise and glory be
to Him (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him).”} [Su
rat At-Taubah: 31]
Transliteration: Ittakhathoo ahbarahum waruhbanahum arbaban min dooni Allahi
waalmaseeha ibna maryama wama omiroo illa liyaAAbudoo ilahan wahidan la ilaha
illa huwa subhanahu AAamma yushrikoona
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, recitd this verse to ‘Adi bin
Hâtim At-Tâ‘I, may Allah be pleased with him, so he said: «O Messenger of Allah!
We do not worship them.» He answered: They certainly do. [They (i.e. the rabbis
and monks) made lawful things as unlawful and unlawful things as lawful, and they
(i.e. Jews and Christians) followed them; and by doing so, they really worshipped
them]. If this is the case with scholars and men of religion, then what about those
who follow the laws which were made by atheists and infidels!
The seventh nullifier: Not to consider the polytheists as infidels or to have doubts
about their disbelief, because this doubts what the Messenger of Allah, peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him, has brought about, Allah All mighty said: {and said:
«Verily, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and we are really in
grave doubt as to that to which you invite us (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism).»} [Surat
Ibrâhîm: 9].
Transliteration: waqaloo inna kafarna bima orsiltum bihi wainna lafee shakkin mim
ma tadAAoonana ilayhi mureebun
The eighth nullifier: Mocking or joking about Allah or the Quran or the religion or
the reward and punishment; and making fun of the Messenger of Allah, peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him, or of one of the prophets, whether joking or serious.
Allah Almighty ha said: {If you ask them (about this), they declare: “We were only
talking idly and joking.” Say: “Was it at Allâh, and His Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations…) and His Messenger that you were mocking?” (65) Make
no excuse; you disbelieved after you had believed.} [Surat At-Taubah: 65-66]
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Transliteration: Walain saaltahum layaqoolunna innama kunna nakhoodu wanalAAa
bu qul abiAllahi waayatihi warasoolihi kuntum tastahzioona (65) La taAAtathiroo qad
kafartum baAAda eemanikum
The ninth nullifier: backing up and helping the disbelievers against the Muslims. Al
lah Almighty has said: }O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as
Auliyâ’ (friends, protectors, helpers), they are but Auliyâ’ of each other. And if any
amongst you takes them (as Auliyâ’), then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allâh
guides not those people who are the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers and un
just).} [Surat Al-Mâ‘idah: 51]
Transliteration: Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la tattakhithoo alyahooda waalnnasara
awliyaa baAAduhum awliyao baAAdin waman yatawallahum minkum fainnahu min
hum inna Allaha la yahdee alqawma alththalimeena
The tenth nullifier: Whoever thinks that anyone can afford to depart from the guid
ance of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, or that he should
not follow this religion: Islam. Allah Almighty has said: {And whoever seeks a reli
gion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will
be one of the losers} [Surat Al-‘Imrân: 85]
Transliteration: Waman yabtaghi ghayra alislami deenan falan yuqbala minhu wa
huwa fee alakhirati mina alkhasireena
The eleventh nullifier: the total renunciation of the religion of Allah Almighty; or its
basics; not learning it or trying to learn it neither working according to it. Allah Al
mighty has said: {And who does more wrong than he who is reminded of the Ayât
(proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of his Lord, then turns
aside therefrom? Verily, We shall exact retribution from the Mujrimûn (criminals,
disbelievers, polytheists, sinners).} [Surat As-Sajda: 22].
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Transliteration: Waman athlamu mimman thukkira biayati rabbihi thumma aAArada
AAanha inna mina almujrimeena muntaqimoona
The twelfth nullifier: whoever hates anything which was brought about by the Mes
senger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; even if he works accord
ing to it. Allah Almighty has said: {That is because they hate that which Allâh has
sent down (this Qur’ân and Islâmic laws, etc.); so He has made their deeds fruit
less.} [Surat Muhammad: 9]
Transliteration: Thalika biannahum karihoo ma anzala Allahu faahbata aAAmalahum
The thirteenth nullifier: performing acts of magic or approving doing them; like the
spells and enchantments made to make a man turn away from his wife and vice
versa; or that to make a man get closer to his wife and vice versa. Allah almighty
has said: {Sulaimân did not disbelieve, but the Shayâtîn (devils) disbelieved, teach
ing men magic and such things that came down at Babylon to the two angels,
Hârût and Mârût, but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) till
they had said, «We are only for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning this magic from
us).»} [Surat Al-Baqarah: 102]
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Transliteration: wama kafara sulaymanu walakinna alshshayateena kafaroo yuAAalli
moona alnnasa alssihra wama onzila AAala almalakayni bibabila haroota wamaroota
wama yuAAallimani min ahadin hatta yaqoola innama nahnu fitnatun fala takfur
The fourteenth nullifier: Allah Almighty has said: }But if they repent, perform As
Salât, (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât, then they are your brethren in religion.}
[Surat At-Taubah: 11]
Transliteration: Fain taboo waaqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata faikhwanukum
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And He has said: {Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up
As-Salât (the prayers) [i.e. made their Salât (prayers) to be lost, either by not offer
ing them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper
f
ixed times] and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell. (59) Except
those who repent and believe (in the Oneness of Allâh and His Messenger Muham
mad), and work righteousness.} [Surat Maryam: 59-60]
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Transliteration: Fakhalafa min baAAdihim khalfun adaAAoo alssalata waittabaAAoo
alshshahawati fasawfa yalqawna ghayyan (59) Illa man taba waamana waAAamila
salihan
His words {and believe} indicate that giving up prayers is disbelieving. It is in the
Hadith: «the pledge between us and them is prayer; whosoever gives it up has re
jected faith». [Authenticated by Al-Albani]
There are many nullifiers of faith that generally concur to what has been previously
mentioned; such as denial of the Quran (the words of) or any part of it, or doubt
ing its inimitability; abusing the Quran (the book itself) or any part of it, making
unlawful things as lawful such as adultery, drinking alcohol; or insulting and slander
ing religion; or not believing in heaven and hell or the torment of the grave and its
blessing and the like.
Question: if the slave of Allah commits a nullifier of faith: does he necessarily know
that his deeds have been wasted? Or are his deeds wasted without him knowing
about it?
The answer: there is no doubt that the slave of Allah may have his deeds wasted
while he thinks that he is being righteous and acquiring good by his deeds. Allah
Almighty has said: {Say (O Muhammad): «Shall We tell you the greatest losers in
respect of (their) deeds? (103) «Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life
while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds. (104) «They are
those who deny the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
of their Lord and the Meeting with Him (in the Hereafter). So their works are in vain,
and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall assign no weight for them.} [Surat Al
Kahf: 103-105]
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Transliteration: Qul hal nunabbiokum bialakhsareena aAAmalan (103) Allatheena
dalla saAAyuhum fee alhayati alddunya wahum yahsaboona annahum yuhsinoona
sunAAan (104) Olaika allatheena kafaroo biayati rabbihim waliqaihi fahabitat aAA
maluhum fala nuqeemu lahum yawma alqiyamati waznan
O Allah we ask You to preserve our religion which is the protection of our matters,
and preserve our worldly life in which we live and the Hereafter which is our final
destination.
Mohamed ibn Abdel-Muhsin Sâlih
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