Major Sins Don’t Take One Out of Islam:
Abdullah ibn Masud [ra] said:
When the words “It is those who believe and confuse not their Belief with Zulm[wrong]…” were revealed, the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were distressed and asked, “Who among us has not wronged himself?”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is not as you think; rather it is shirk. Have you not heard what Luqman said to his son when exhorting him: ‘O my son! Join not in worship others with Allah. Verily, joining others in worship with Allah is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed’ [Qur’an,31:13]" ?
[Bukhari and Muslim]
Imam An-Nawawi said: “This hadith contains a wealth of knowledge, such as the fact that sins, even if major, do not constitute kufr.” [Sharh Sahih Muslim]
Imam Al-Bukhari iis known to have held this belief as he said in Kitabul‘ Iman in his Sahih,
"Sins are the matter of ignorance (jahiliyyah )but the sinner who commits them does not become an unbeliever (kafir )except in the case of shirk, because the Prophet ﷺ said “You are a man in whom there is some jahiliyyah” and Allah says: “Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him (in worship), but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He wills.”
[Qur’an, 4:48]
Abdullah ibn Masud [ra] said:
When the words “It is those who believe and confuse not their Belief with Zulm[wrong]…” were revealed, the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were distressed and asked, “Who among us has not wronged himself?”
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It is not as you think; rather it is shirk. Have you not heard what Luqman said to his son when exhorting him: ‘O my son! Join not in worship others with Allah. Verily, joining others in worship with Allah is a great Zulm (wrong) indeed’ [Qur’an,31:13]" ?
[Bukhari and Muslim]
Imam An-Nawawi said: “This hadith contains a wealth of knowledge, such as the fact that sins, even if major, do not constitute kufr.” [Sharh Sahih Muslim]
Imam Al-Bukhari iis known to have held this belief as he said in Kitabul‘ Iman in his Sahih,
"Sins are the matter of ignorance (jahiliyyah )but the sinner who commits them does not become an unbeliever (kafir )except in the case of shirk, because the Prophet ﷺ said “You are a man in whom there is some jahiliyyah” and Allah says: “Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him (in worship), but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He wills.”
[Qur’an, 4:48]

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