What is the ruling on this message that is circulating: “If it were not for my fear of the Most Merciful, I would have written on the walls that your love is the sixth pillar”?

The questioner:
He says: A message has been circulating on mobile phones these days, and this phrase is: “If it were not for my fear of the Most Merciful, I would have written on the walls that your love is the sixth pillar.” What is its ruling?

The Shaykh:
Who is the one being addressed?

The questioner:
The one who sent it to you.

The Shaykh:
If it were not for what?

The questioner:
Yes, may Allah keep you safe. If it were not for my fear of the Most Merciful.

The Shaykh:
He did not fear the Most Merciful. The one who says this did not fear the Most Merciful. Yes.

The questioner:
My fear of the Most Merciful, I would have written on the walls that your love is the sixth pillar.

The Shaykh:
Meaning, the sixth pillar of Islam. If that is what he intends, it is disbelief, may Allah protect us from it. Where is the fear of the Most Merciful? Yes.