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Cover Page Title Page Table of Contents Introduction to the Translation Clarifying the Types of Kufr Usul at-Takfir: Its Guidelines and Conditions 1. Takfir is a Legislative Sentence 2. Guaranteeing Knowledge of the Proof and the Absence of Doubt 3. No Distinction is Made (Regarding the Principles of Takfir) Between the Fundamentals (of the Religion), Branches, Creed, or Legal Verdicts 4. The Excuse in the Lesser known Delicate Issues is Even More Required and More Appropriate than the Excuse in Other Cases. 5. The Excuse is also more Required and more Appropriate in Times and Places where Ignorance is Predominate and Knowledge is Scarce 6. Inability and its Degrees 7. The Case of the Blind follower who Knows the Truth vs. the Blind follower who Does Not 8. The Believer that is Mistaken 9. Commission of a wrong does not warrant takfir by itself 10. [When it comes to Takfir] , a distinction must be made between general and individual cases. 11. Kufr is made up of Foundations and Branches 12. "It is not required that a person who upholds a branch of iman be named "believer" by another, even though what he has done is in fact iman. 13. "Both kufr and iman may be found in a person ... 14. "There are Two Categories of kufr 15. Denying an Issue of Ijma' 16. Denying Details does not Warrant Takfir 17. Takfir is not Issued Solely by a Logical Inference 18. Consensus is a Must Ruling by Other than What Allah Revealed According to the Book and the Sunnah and the Sayings of the Salaf Important Principles The First Principle The Second Principle It is Not Allowed to Differ with the Consensus The One who Invents Legislation is the Same as an Innovator Removing the Doubts and Warding off the Attacks The Apparentness of the Ayat, and the Views of the Khawarij Distorting and Misusing Quotes from the People ofKnowledge Kufr Less than Kufr The False Claim of Ijma' The Difference Between Avoiding (Tarak) and Altering (Tabdil) The Argument of the Definitive Kufr