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Imam Ibn-Ul-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, clearly clarifies this in <Madaarij As-Saalikeen> (4/509): "But here is another affair, which is that the punishment for leaving an obligatory affair is postponed until the legislation comes with it, like the statement of the most high points towards:
(وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا)
"And never would We punish until We sent a messenger."
[Al-Isra':15]
And His statement:
كُلَّمَآ أُلْقِىَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ كَبِيرٍ
“Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, “Did there not come to you a warner?” They will say,” Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, ' Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.' “
[Al-Mulk:8-9]
And His statement:
(وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ)
"And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers".
[Al-Qasas:59]
And His statement:
(وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ)
"And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers".
[Hud:117]
This points to that they were oppressers before the sending of the Messengers, and that He didn't destroy them for this oppression before the establishment of the evidences". End of speech
What has become clear with this is that it's an evident mistake to use these verses as a proof for the lack of labelling the worshipper of other than Allah as a Mushrik and a Disbeliever outwardly, as these verses are regarding the penalty and the punishment of the Fire, as this was understood and clarified by the: Salaf, from the companions to those after them of the Imams, and there hasn't come any proof nor any speech from the Salaf that these verses negate calling the worshipper of other than Allah a Mushrik:
1. Here we find the Haafidh of the companions, one of leaders of their Jurists: Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, after he mentioned the testing of the people of Al-Fatrah, and those that take their ruling, and then their end result being either in Jannah or the Fire, he said: "Read if you wish:
(وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا)
"And never would We punish until We sent a messenger."
[Al-Isra':15]
As the Takhreej, and the establishment of it being authentic, preceded in the first volume.
2. And look at the valuable speech of Shaykh-Ul-Islaam -which will come in the tenth matter- in the clarification of the correct way of using these verses as a proof, and that it only applies to the negation of the punishment before the establishment of the evidences.
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