If one says: There is no god but Allah, and acknowledges the pillars of Islam, but does not perform any of them, such as prayer or fasting, does it benefit him?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person says, "There is no god but Allah," and does not perform anything else, no prayer and no fasting, even though he acknowledges all the pillars of Islam, but he does not act upon them, does it benefit him?
Answer:
No, if he abandons the deeds while he is able to do them, if he abandons the deeds while he is able, he does not pray, he does not pay the zakah, he does not fast, and he does not perform Hajj while he is able, then "There is no god but Allah" does not benefit him; because he did not act in accordance with its implications, and he did not act in accordance with its rights. But if he said it sincerely for the sake of Allah, and then died immediately or was killed and was unable to perform the deeds, then it benefits him by the permission of Allah, like the hadith of the card, like the one who embraced Islam in the battle and was killed, he entered Paradise, like the Jewish boy, the Jewish boy who was sick, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited him and invited him to Islam, so he embraced Islam and entered Paradise. This one was not able to perform the deeds. But a person who is able to perform the deeds and abandons them without a valid legal excuse, this one is not a believer, and "There is no god but Allah" does not benefit him.
It was said:.
"There is no god but Allah" is the key to Paradise, that is correct, but it has teeth, and its teeth are the deeds. So if you come with "There is no god but Allah" along with the deeds, Paradise is opened for you, otherwise Paradise is not opened for you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person says, "There is no god but Allah," and does not perform anything else, no prayer and no fasting, even though he acknowledges all the pillars of Islam, but he does not act upon them, does it benefit him?
Answer:
No, if he abandons the deeds while he is able to do them, if he abandons the deeds while he is able, he does not pray, he does not pay the zakah, he does not fast, and he does not perform Hajj while he is able, then "There is no god but Allah" does not benefit him; because he did not act in accordance with its implications, and he did not act in accordance with its rights. But if he said it sincerely for the sake of Allah, and then died immediately or was killed and was unable to perform the deeds, then it benefits him by the permission of Allah, like the hadith of the card, like the one who embraced Islam in the battle and was killed, he entered Paradise, like the Jewish boy, the Jewish boy who was sick, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited him and invited him to Islam, so he embraced Islam and entered Paradise. This one was not able to perform the deeds. But a person who is able to perform the deeds and abandons them without a valid legal excuse, this one is not a believer, and "There is no god but Allah" does not benefit him.
It was said:
Luwayh ibn Mihran (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Is not "There is no god but Allah" the key to Paradise? He said: Yes, but there is no key without teeth. If you come with a key that has teeth, it will be opened for you, otherwise it will not be opened for you.
لوهب بن منبه رحمه الله أليس لا إله إلا الله مفتاح الجنة؟ قال بلى، ولكن ما من مفتاح إلا له أسنان، فإن جئت بمفتاح له أسنان فتح لك، وإلا لم يفتح لك"There is no god but Allah" is the key to Paradise, that is correct, but it has teeth, and its teeth are the deeds. So if you come with "There is no god but Allah" along with the deeds, Paradise is opened for you, otherwise Paradise is not opened for you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [469 -939] من قال: لا إله إلا الله وأقر بأركان الإسلام لكنه لم يعمل شيئا من صلاة ولا صيام، هل تنفعه؟ — youtube.com
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