A Survey of the Opinions of Sunni and Neo-Salafist Commentators on the Meaning of "Hukm" in the Verse: "wa man lam yahkum bima anzalallah"

The comment of the concept of "hukm bi ghayri ma anzalallah" in verse " wa man lam yahkum bima anzalallah fa ula`ika humu `lkafirun" by all Fariqain commentators differs greatly with that of Takfiri Salafists with regard to the concept and extension both.Most Sunni commentators, restricting the concept of "hukm bi ghayri ma anzalallah" viewed kufr as what understood in Fiqh. It should be pointed out that most of the Sunnite commentators, relying on numerous exegetic narrations under the verse have avoided Takfiri approach. Neo-Salafists, however, leaving the three current exegetic approaches of Sunni scholars and emphasizing some particular cases of the hukm, following khavarij and relying on some opinions of great Salafists accepted a radical interpretation of the concept that, of course, has no root in the interpretive views of the Sunni thought.