Mulhid

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Mulhid (Arabic: ملحد mulḥid, plural ملحدون mulḥidun and ملاحدۃ malāḥidah)[1] is an Islamic religious term meaning apostate, heretic, or atheist.[2] The word "Mulhid" has same meaning as for the word "Murtid", a person once reverted to Islam or a born muslim later changes his religion to the previous religion or to any other religion or Muslim turns out to become Atheist, In reference of Quran and Ahadees, the Muslim judiciary has the option to correct himself back to acception of Islam or otherwise he must be sentenced to death penalty for spreading Shar and _itna in the world. In pre-Islamic times the term was used in the literal sense of the root l-ḥ-d: "incline, deviate".[2] Its religious meaning is based on the Quranic verses 7:180, 22:25, and 41:40.[2][3] Under the Umayyad caliphate it denoted desertion of the ummah and rebellion against legitimate caliphs.[2][3] Early in the Abbasid era rationalistic theologians began using it in the sense of "heretic", and it eventually came to refer to rejection of religion as such, to materialistic scepticism and atheism.[2] In Ottoman usage the term was commonly used in reference to Shia and certain Sufi doctrines that were considered to be subversive.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Hans Wehr, J. Milton Cowan (1976). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (3rd ed.). Spoken Language Services. p. 859.
  2. ^ a b c d e f W. Madelung (1993). "Mulḥid". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. 7 (Second ed.). Brill. p. 546.
  3. ^ a b Azim Nanji (2008). The Penguin Dictionary of Islam. Penguin UK. p. 230.

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