 So the word in Arabic is kaffir and kaffir literally means a farmer What does it have to do with form with infidelity have to do with farming? You see the former he takes a seat and covers it over He hides it So the Quran describes a true kaffir a true Infidel or a non-believer It says You Do not close the truth with falsehood nor distort the truth while you have knowledge of the truth Right while you have knowledge of the truth. So someone who's a kaffir We have to be very careful as Muslims when we throw terminology around right use the word haram This is forbidden and this person's a kaffir so on so forth You see there's a difference between someone who's a kaffir as a legal distinction or a state of distinction in a Muslim country You're the Muslim or you're not right. That's in the legal sense, but the faith sense That's ultimately only known by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That's known by God So many of our theologians the dominant opinion amongst our theologians is not so much black and white Right. I use Imam al-Zadi again as my kind of my models my kind core theologian Who says that in order for infidelity to be established a person must have aqa must be bad Asalaamudu al-Hawas but bad about to add that with the site eeha For criteria. He says the person must be an adult. They must have sound intellect. They must have sound senses You know site in hearing and the prophetic summons reach that person in a good form and Then they rejected a prophetic summons either from Jesus or Moses or Muhammad peace be upon all of them, right? so for example What if you were born and nodding him in the fourth century and All you know about is well, I guess I'll be what after that because I'm doing come in a little bit later But anyway, let's say 11th century and all you know about Muslims is their infidels who have taken the holy land And they're slaughtering babies in the streets of Jerusalem That's all you know about Muslims that many Muslim theologians will say will the prophetic summons the true essence of the prophetic message Did not reach that person in a good form. So you cannot call people Catholic Right, we have to be very very careful. The Muslim does not have a personal guarantee of paradise I've been condemned to hell many times by people of different religions by those many I say you're going to help you know that about me. I know for certain Burn in hell really wow that's amazing judge not less you be judged, right? It's John So we don't have a personal guarantee the Quran the prophet peace be upon him says man Shehda Allah Allah Allah Dakhila Dakhala Jannah, and I'm a mother of the soul of Allah Dakhala Jannah whoever Witnesses to that declaration of faith will enter paradise. It doesn't say I mean we send Ramon Dakhala Jannah They say Ali from San Ramon is going to go to Jannah. I don't have a personal guarantee It's when you have personal guarantees that what happens we start to act irresponsibly I have two girls. I tell one of my girls if you're good. We're gonna go to Disneyland in December Maybe good, so she tried she strives, but if I tell the other one I say We're gonna go to Disneyland and do do it everyone. Yeah, they guarantee go do it everyone Then probably she'll be a little lax on her So we don't have a personal guarantee so the prophet peace be upon him He said be between hope and faith wear that you sandals of hope and faith Don't be so hopeful in God that you start to delude yourself and become judgmental and don't be so No, I'm sorry open faith hope and Fear open fear and don't be so fearful of God that you start going into despair The Quran says in an imperative. La taqna to me rahmatillah You are not allowed to despair of the mercy of God It is is a haram. It is as forbidden as eating pork and drinking alcohol and committing adultery to be in despair Oh, how can God forgive me and my terrible person God forgives God forgives if you make tashuba you make toba There's a beautiful happy for the prophet peace be upon him after one of the military expeditions There was you know there's a battle and this woman was running around frantic She had lost her infant son little toddler could barely crawl around right and And this was in front of the some of the companions And then the prophets and then the woman she saw her son she picked them up and started to hug him and breastfeed him and Prophets that do you see that woman and they said yes, and the prophet said can you imagine That she would take her child and throw him in a fire Can you imagine her doing that and it said la wallahi by God? No, and the prophet that I love our home will be ready when he be what they have God is more Merciful to his servants then this woman is to her son God is more merciful Rahma right dr. Edges. He said a Rahman the Raheem. These are God's attributes in the Quran He is Rahman and Raheem the most merciful the root word here is the Rahim Which is a Hebrew word also which means the womb of a mother Where the fetus is enclosed? There's a beautiful analogy here. God is more merciful to his servants then the purest type of love on earth Which is the level of a mother for her son? I think I've exhausted the times but again, it's not black and white. It's not catholic We're not allowed to judge right every careful. We throw these terms around God is the ultimate judge