What is the ruling on one who obeys man-made laws that contradict Islamic Sharia, knowing that the law of Allah is better and more just? And what is the ruling on obeying them based on the belief that they increase good, or out of following whims, or in triumph of opinion, or to please one's tribe? And what is the meaning of "kufr duna kufr" (disbelief lesser than disbelief)? And does one who is characterized by that still remain a monotheist in terms of divine oneness (uluhiyyah)?

Whoever obeys man-made laws, deeming them permissible, or denying the superiority of Islamic Sharia (definition) over them, is an apostate, guilty of major disbelief (kufr akbar). As for whoever obeys them while believing in the obligation of ruling by what Allah has revealed, but his desires overcome him in specific matters, while acknowledging his error, then this person is a disobedient transgressor (fasiq), and this is minor disbelief (kufr asghar) which does not expel one from the fold of Islam.