Don’t use the K word

[akash57]

I really liked this article and I thank the poster for posting it. Brothers, if you read the article, you will notice it mentioned how the Qur'an never tells us to call non-Muslims as "kaafir". But He, Allah, does in the Qur'an because is the All-Knowing; whereas we are not. So we should refrain from this because of two reasons:

1) We do not know the taqdeer of others, this person who we call kaafir might one day become a Muslim, or he might not when he remembers how intolerant Muslims were to him by calling him kaafir.

2) Even though in Arabic, kaafir means "one who does not believe" or "one who denies the truth" (as in the Qur'an), it has become an insult and a derogatory term (like other members pointed out) that Muslims use against non-Muslims.

Also, as mentioned in the article when referring to Surah Al-Kaafiroon, the Surah ends in a beautiful way.

Sahih International
"For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

And finally, the disrespect shown to a dead person by calling him ‘kafir’ is also against the Prophet’s own beliefs. Once he saw the cortege of a Jew pass by. Immediately, he stood in honour of the dead person. When a companion reminded him that it was a Jew’s cortege, the Prophet shot back: “Was he not a human being?’’

 

[Ahmad]

So acc to you Athiest are the only kafir left now and in Quran the word kafir is used again and agian referring to Athiest

Bro honestly speaking the kufars of Makkah included hindu's(idol worshipers), christians and jews. Those are kafirs i.e non-muslims.

Seriously reading Surah e Kafiron with english translation should be enough to understand who are the kafirs and this surah contains only 6 small verses. Not a big deal.

who is mushrik then? what is the difference between mushrik and kafir? i am asking this out of curosity cuz i am not sure myself.

 

[akash57]

who is mushrik then? what is the difference between mushrik and kafir? i am asking this out of curosity cuz i am not sure myself.

A kaafir is someone who disbelieves, this may be disbelief in Allah, or any god altogether.

A mushrik is someone who commits shirk, he believea in Allah, along with other gods.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

i think Times of india refers to it (K-word) as the K-bomb (or Kashmir-Bomb)


how....cute

 

[navida]

A word becomes derogatory when it is used to offend a person or a group of people. The 'N' and 'P' words don't have an offensive meaning. But due to their usage, they have become offensive.

By the way, I don't care if some one calls me a kafir.

 

[Ahmad]

A kaafir is someone who disbelieves, this may be disbelief in Allah, or any god altogether.

A mushrik is someone who commits shirk, he believea in Allah, along with other gods.

That is exactly what i said. so we can say that Ahle Ketab and Hindus are mushrik.

 

[sergente rehan]

It is not just the incident of the Plane crash and the Coffin issue that you should be ashamed of ; You can start off from the tombstone of Abdus Salam where the word Muslim was etched off from the marker ; Then you can apologize to A.Q. Khan who has been called a Mohajir time and again ; And then you can apologize to Dorab Patel and Rana Bhagwandas for being labeled as Kafirs.

Keep your meanless BS out of all this and espescially don't quote me to write all this crap. If i would think like you then their would be an infinate list of crimes, unjustice, violence which is commited in india and for which you have to be ashamed of....