Explaining the Ranks of Faith and Its Highest Rank
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, what are the ranks of faith, and what is its highest rank? And what is the interpretation of the blessed verses[Al-Hujurat 49:14]
Answer:
Yes, the ranks of faith are many. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 35b Thus said the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So faith has branches. If these branches are complete in a person, his faith is complete. And if something is lacking from the branches of faith in his case, then he is lacking in faith. Yes.
The questioner says: Shaykh, what are the ranks of faith, and what is its highest rank? And what is the interpretation of the blessed verses
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,'
قَالَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَٰكِن قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَاAnswer:
Yes, the ranks of faith are many. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but Allah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is a branch of faith.
الإيمان بضع وسبعون أو بضع وستون شعبة. أعلاها قول لا إله إلا الله وأدناها أخذ الأذى عن الطريق. والحياء شعبة من الإيمان.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7469 — youtube.com (3:46)
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