What is the validity of the statement: "If a person pronounces the two testimonies of faith and has never done any good, he is among the people of Islam?"
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Question:
This questioner asks, saying: May Allah reward you. One who says that faith is a statement with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs, which increases and decreases, as is the position of the people of the Sunnah, but he says that if a person pronounces the two testimonies of faith and has never done any good, he is among the people of Islam and falls under the will of Allah. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
We have mentioned to you. It is possible that he speaks with his tongue and believes in his heart but leaves off action without an excuse. He leaves off action without an excuse. This is not possible. The believer does not leave off action except with an excuse. Yes. Combine the evidence. Do not take one side and leave the other side. The evidence explains one another, restricts one another, restricts one another, and clarifies the generality of the other. It is necessary to act upon all the evidence and combine them.
This questioner asks, saying: May Allah reward you. One who says that faith is a statement with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs, which increases and decreases, as is the position of the people of the Sunnah, but he says that if a person pronounces the two testimonies of faith and has never done any good, he is among the people of Islam and falls under the will of Allah. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
We have mentioned to you. It is possible that he speaks with his tongue and believes in his heart but leaves off action without an excuse. He leaves off action without an excuse. This is not possible. The believer does not leave off action except with an excuse. Yes. Combine the evidence. Do not take one side and leave the other side. The evidence explains one another, restricts one another, restricts one another, and clarifies the generality of the other. It is necessary to act upon all the evidence and combine them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [168 -308] ما صحة قول "إذا نطق الإنسان بالشهادتين ولم يعمل خيرا قط، فإنه يكون من أهل الإسلام؟ — youtube.com
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