Is one who imagines himself ruling a Muslim to be an unbeliever (kafir), and moves his lips without being certain of uttering the words, considered to have committed an act of disbelief (kufr)?
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Disbelief does not occur through inner thoughts or by doubting one's utterance of it. Accusing a Muslim by saying, "O disbeliever," does not lead to apostasy according to the scholars. The reported concerning this is interpreted as referring to minor disbelief, because it likens accusing a Muslim of disbelief to killing him, and killing is not an act of disbelief that expels one from the fold of Islam. A believer remains a brother to another believer even after being verbally accused of disbelief.
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