Calling God Unjust and Oneself a Kafir

Question

During Zayd’s illness his wife told him to recite the kalima and istighfar; the illness was not so severe, and now and then in health too she told him to recite the kalima and istighfar — he refused in both cases. After Zayd’s male children died, Zayd kept saying, “He [God] has ‘felled my tree’ (i.e. destroyed my offspring) — so may the tree be felled of whoever is above Him.

Answer

[ar]مَنْ نَسَبَ اللهَ إِلَى الْجَوْرِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ. الرَّجُلُ إِذَا ابْتُلِيَ بِمُصِيبَاتٍ مُتَنَوِّعَةٍ فَقَالَ: أَخَذْتَ مَالِي وَأَخَذْتَ وَلَدِي وَأَخَذْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَمَاذَا تَفْعَلُ وَمَاذَا بَقِيَ لَمْ تَفْعَلْهُ؟ وَمَا أَشْبَهَ هَذَا مِنَ الْأَلْفَاظِ — فَقَدْ كَفَرَ. كَذَا فِي الْمُحِيطِ.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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