We understand from this that whoever does not make Takfeer on the individuals of an abstaining group has gone against the consensus of the Salaf. Rather even his Manhaj has become deviated! So we will mention a list of those whose Manhaj has deviated from theirs, and then we will ask, were the leaders of Al Qaida during the time of Sheikh Usama and the Sheikhs of the Jihadi movement (before they deviated in the view of ISIS), were they dealing with the issue by treating it as a matter of consensus which would then be a criteria to judge the uprightness or deviance of a person, or is it an issue of Ijtihad (individual opinion), and that it is ISIS who has come up with something new which is in contradiction to what the Sheikhs and leaders of Jihad were upon?!

Sheikh Athiyatullah said - and he is from the leaders of Al Qaida of Usama - "However for one to claim that his saying - especially the saying of one who makes Takfeer on all of them without any exception - that it alone is the truth besides which there is nothing except misguidance, and that it is a clear cut issue known from the religion by necessity, and that whoever differs with him has not fulfilled the requirements of Tawheed nor understood it and other such claims ... !!! I say: This is the real ignorance and real misguidance, and it is unacceptable from the one from whom it comes, for it is without a doubt an issue of Ijtihad built upon looking into and considering (the evidence), and it is from the type of knowledge that is acquired by looking and seeking the evidence. And not every form and branch of it is from those issues whose ruling is known from the religion by necessity".

And he said in another place: "And the correct position with regards to our issue today is that we fight them the way the apostates are fought. But with regards to the issue of Takfeer, we are cautious and are hesitant ... ! And we make statements such as "This army is the hand of the apostate tyrant and of the apostate state with which it attacks, and the arm with which it strikes, and that they are its supporters and its helpers, and that they are its soldiers and its men" and similar other statements. And this is correct from an angle, but as for judging with Takfeer it is another issue." (1)

And Sheikh Abu Yahya Al Libbi said that in some situations it is not allowed to make Takfeer on the individuals of abstaining groups which support the apostate rulers! And he even said that this issue is from those issues which are differed upon and are not deserving of forming battalions of opposition and arguments! Let alone making it the criteria for deviance or for uprightness as done by Adnani!

And the following is what he said in the conclusion of his book "Nazaraath Fil Ijmaa' Al Qath'ee" (Review on the undisputed Ijmaa'):

"Indeed the issue of judging the supporters of the present day apostate rulers - are they Kaafirs individually or not? ... . Whoever has been able to see clearly that something that legitimately prevents Takfeer has become widespread amongst its individuals in one of these abstaining groups in some place or some time, then it is not permissible in this situation to make Takfeer on the individuals due to there being amongst them what prevents it. Rather they remain clinging on to the foundation of