Is belief in the permissibility of something definitively prohibited by consensus cause for disbelief?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of the Apostate
Primary text
If a person believes permissible that which has a clear and unanimously prohibited status among Muslims, where the prohibition is established by clear texts, such as consuming pork or committing fornication, disbelief is judged to occur, analogous to the ruling concerning one who abandons prayer. Evidence for this clear prohibition is established by the divine texts.
Supporting text
If the permissibility of killing inviolable persons and seizing their wealth is held based on misinterpretation (*ta'wil*) or doubt, as is the case with the Khawarij, the majority of jurists do not rule them to be disbelievers, despite their justification of shedding Muslim blood and seizing wealth while seeking closeness to God through such acts. The non-disbelief ruling also applies to Ibn Muljam for killing the best of creation at the time, and those who praise him for it, such as Imran bin Hattan.