What is the ruling on one who says: "We have disbelieved (kaffarnā)" or "I am in a state of disbelief (kāfirān)" or "We made him disbelieve (kaffarnāhu) in such-and-such," intending thereby "we exhausted him or made him weary," and is this considered major disbelief?

It is incorrect to consider the saying "we disbelieved" as major or minor disbelief (kufr), and it is impermissible to judge the utterer of it as a disbeliever unless they intended disbelief that is antithetical to faith. Rather, they intended weariness and boredom by it. For "deeds are by intentions." The word "kufr" is linguistically used to mean covering and concealing, as in the Mu'jam Maqayis al-Lugha (Standard Lexicon of the Language), and kufran al-ni'ma (ingratitude for blessings) means denying and concealing them. It is more appropriate for a believer to avoid using this word to express boredom due to its usual connotation of disbelief that contradicts faith.