Ingawa ni wengi, wanaweza kufafanuliwa kama ifuatavyo: Ni yule anayekanusha au kukataa jambo ambalo limekubaliwa kwa pamoja au linalojulikana sana katika dini, kama vile kukataa Qur'ani Tukufu na yale ambayo Allah alimtuma nayo Mitume Wake. Al-Jahmiyyah ni mfano mzuri katika muktadha huu. Walikataa Sifa za Allah Mtukufu, pamoja na kauli yao kwamba Qur'ani na Sifa za Allah ni viumbe. Au, kama vile kukataa ukweli kwamba Allah Mtukufu alimchukua Ibrahim (Abraham (amani iwe juu yake)) kuwa rafiki. Au, kwamba Alisema moja kwa moja na Musa (Moses (amani iwe juu yake)). Au, kama vile Bid'ah za wale waliokanusha Elimu ya Allah, Vitendo Vyake, Kuamuliwa Kabla na Qadari. Au, kama vile wale wanaomfananisha Allah Mtukufu na viumbe Vyake, nk. Hata hivyo, miongoni mwa wale waliopotea wako wale ambao nia yao ilikuwa kubomoa Nguzo za dini na kuleta shaka juu yake; hao ni bila shaka makafiri na ndio maadui wabaya kabisa wa dini. Lakini wale waliopotea tu na kuongozwa kushikilia dhana potofu kuhusu dini, hao hawahesabiwi kuwa makafiri kabla ya kuwaonyesha ushahidi wazi kwamba kweli wamepotea (nao wakang'ang'ania upotofu wao).

A ---Though they are numerous, they can be defined as follows: It is whosoever denies or rejects a matter that is unanimously agreed upon or well known in religion, as rejection of the Glorious Qur'an and of what Allah sent His Messengers with. The lahmis is a good example in this context. They rejected the Attributes of Allah the Almighty, along with their saying that the Qur'an and Allah's Attributes are created. Or, such as rejecting the fact that Allah the Almighty took Ibrahim (Abraham (Peace be upon him)) as a friend. Or, that He Spoke directly to Musa (Moses (Peace be upon him)). Or, such as the Innovations of those who denied Allah's Knowledge, Acts, Pre-ordainment and Destiny. Or, such as those who liken Allah the Almighty to His creation, etc. However, among those who went astray are some whose intention was to demolish the Pillars of religion and to raise suspicions around it, those are certainly disbelievers and are the most malicious enemies of religion. But, those who were merely misguided and were led to hold misconceptions about religion, they are regarded as disbelievers not before showing them clear evidences that they were indeed misguided (and they insist on sticking to their fallacies).