Whoever embraces Communism is An Apostate

Question :

Communist ideology is based upon the denial of the existence of the Creator, the Almighty, the All-Powerful and it advocates belief in materialism and that the origin of life is from nature. Are those young men who embrace communist ideology and beliefs in our Islamic world apostates, especially those who actually believe in the communist ideology.

Answer:

It is clear to me that this question is like the question: Is the sun the sun? And: Is the night night? And: Is the day day? And who finds a problem in accepting that one who denies the existence of the Creator is a disbeliever, especially when this (I mean disbelief in the Creator) was not a part of the heresy of the past; it was only invented in recent times. And how can anyone deny the existence of the Creator, when the evidences of His presence are - all praise and thanks be to Allah - present in the natural world, intellect, the evidence of our vision and our senses, and none can deny it except the arrogant. In fact, even those who disbelieve in it, know in their hearts that He exists, as Allah, the Most High says, concerning Pharoah, who denied the existence of the Creator and claimed to be the Lord:

And they belied them (those Ayat) wrongfully and arrogantly, though they were themselves convinced thereof.

And He, the Almighty said:
Verily, you know that these signs have been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as clear (evidences i.e. proofs of Allah's Oneness and His Omnipotence etc)

Also, those who deny the existence of the Creator, are in fact, denying their own existence. This is because they are now saying that they did not create themselves and they know this, and they believe that their mothers and fathers did not create them, nor any living being but the Lord of the worlds, Most Glorified, Most High, as He says:
Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

Jubair bin Mut'im was amazed that he had not believed before, when he heard the Prophet reciting this Verse; he said: "I almost flew, due to its being such a clear, decisive evidence of the existence of the Creator, Most Glorified, Most High."

If it is said to these people who deny the Creator: "Who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth?" They can find no alternative, but to say: "It is Allah who created them." - for it is absolutely clear that they did not create themselves; and everything in existence must have a Creator, and that is Allah. If any person said: "This beautifully constructed palace containing expensive electrical equipment and the like built itself." The people would say to him: "This is madness. It could not possibly be." So what of the heavens and the earth, the planets and stars which move in this wonderful system, which has not changed since Allah, the Almighty, the All- Powerful created it (and will remain) until Allah permits this world to pass away. I believe that the matter is so clear that it does not require evidence. Based upon this, there is no doubt that whoever denies the Creator is mentally deficient, has no religion and is a disbeliever, and none should doubt his Kufr.

This judgement is also applied to those blind followers of this belief who have lived in Islam, because Islam rejects it with a most firm rejection. The falseness of this thinking and ideology should be clear to every Muslim and there is no excuse for them, as they have those who teach them; indeed, if they returned to their Fitrah, they would find that it is without any basis whatsoever.

Source:
Ibn 'Uthaimin
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 1 Pages 363-364-365