Fariq Naik – Is it Permissible to Call Kaafir a Kaafir

Fariq Naik
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A caller from Pakistan asks if it is possible to call Kaffir a Kaffir, meaning a non-ism person who refuses to admit their religion. The agent explains that Kaffir is a term used to describe someone who refuses to admit their religion and refers to them as a non-ism person. The agent also clarifies that Kaffir is a term used to describe someone who refuses to admit their religion.

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			We will take the last question a
son from Lahore Pakistan, he asks,
		
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			Is it permissible to call Kaffir a
Kaffir.
		
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			The word Kaffir is derived from
the root word Gopher, which means
		
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			to reject, to conceal or to hide.
		
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			Linguistically the word Kaffir
means to reject to conceal or to
		
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			hide an Islamic terminology Kaffir
means a person who rejects or
		
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			hides the truth of Islam.
		
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			So, a non Muslim in Arabic is
called as a Kaffir.
		
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			So when a person is speaking
Arabic, if he's referring to non
		
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			Muslim he will call them a Kaffir.
		
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			So it is permissible to call a non
Muslim a Kaffir. Because this word
		
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			tougher if you translate it into
English, it refers to as a non
		
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			Muslim.
		
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			So as I said, linguistically, it
means to reject to conceal or to
		
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			hide, like the farmer, he hides
the seeds. But in Islamic
		
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			terminology, it refers to someone
who rejects or hides the truth of
		
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			Islam. non Muslim in Arabic is
called as a cafe. If the kaffir or
		
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			the non Muslim did not like this
terminology of Kaffir then I would
		
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			request them to accept Islam and
we will stop referring them as a
		
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			Kaffir that is a non Muslim