The Meaning of the Statement: "Taqwa Is Here"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: When I advise one of my friends to do good deeds and increase in good deeds, he points to his heart and says, "Taqwa is here." What does that mean?
Answer:
Taqwa is in the heart, and also in the deeds and the words, because faith is speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. So the one who says "taqwa is here" while committing sins and abandoning obligations, that is proof that there is no taqwa in his heart. If he truly feared Allah, he would have carried out the commands, avoided the prohibitions, and feared Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: When I advise one of my friends to do good deeds and increase in good deeds, he points to his heart and says, "Taqwa is here." What does that mean?
Answer:
Taqwa is in the heart, and also in the deeds and the words, because faith is speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. So the one who says "taqwa is here" while committing sins and abandoning obligations, that is proof that there is no taqwa in his heart. If he truly feared Allah, he would have carried out the commands, avoided the prohibitions, and feared Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (058) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-07-16] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (31:12)
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