Is every deed a condition of perfection?
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Question:
He says: We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to clarify this serious issue. There are those who say that all deeds are a condition of perfection, and for this reason they say that the one who abandons the prayer is not a disbeliever.
Answer:
O my brothers, the issue of faith was defined by the Salaf in a way that is sufficient and satisfying. They wrote books on it, explained it, and clarified it. It is not permissible to keep churning up this issue and delving into it with ignorant people who know nothing. They are only pretenders to knowledge who claim to be scholars but have no knowledge except for reading and reviewing books.
This is a settled matter. We must follow our righteous Salaf, who said that faith is speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. Faith does not exist except through these three; these three are faith. As for the one who excludes action and says it is not part of faith, but rather a condition of perfection, a condition of validity, or that it is neither a condition nor obligatory, this is the statement of the misguided Murji'ah. This is the statement of the people of misguidance. The people of the Sunnah refuted them and demonstrated the invalidity of their statement. They did not leave a single doubt raised by them without cutting off its root, and praise be to Allah. What our Salaf held is sufficient for us, and their books are sufficient for us—books that are clear, refined, and reliable, which the people of the Sunnah have studied over long periods and followed. Then a pretender to knowledge, an interloper, comes along, churns up this issue, delves into it, and divides the people into two groups. This is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that is not permissible. The fitnah is sleeping, and may Allah curse the one who wakes it up.
The fitnah is sleeping, and here comes a person to stir it up. This is not permissible. We study in the schools, institutes, universities, and mosques. We study faith, and praise be to Allah, according to the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, through their books which are in our hands. We do not need those who play with issues of knowledge. We ask Allah for guidance for us and for them. Amen. And for a return to the truth. Amen. And for abandoning this invalid delving. Yes.
He says: We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to clarify this serious issue. There are those who say that all deeds are a condition of perfection, and for this reason they say that the one who abandons the prayer is not a disbeliever.
Answer:
O my brothers, the issue of faith was defined by the Salaf in a way that is sufficient and satisfying. They wrote books on it, explained it, and clarified it. It is not permissible to keep churning up this issue and delving into it with ignorant people who know nothing. They are only pretenders to knowledge who claim to be scholars but have no knowledge except for reading and reviewing books.
This is a settled matter. We must follow our righteous Salaf, who said that faith is speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. Faith does not exist except through these three; these three are faith. As for the one who excludes action and says it is not part of faith, but rather a condition of perfection, a condition of validity, or that it is neither a condition nor obligatory, this is the statement of the misguided Murji'ah. This is the statement of the people of misguidance. The people of the Sunnah refuted them and demonstrated the invalidity of their statement. They did not leave a single doubt raised by them without cutting off its root, and praise be to Allah. What our Salaf held is sufficient for us, and their books are sufficient for us—books that are clear, refined, and reliable, which the people of the Sunnah have studied over long periods and followed. Then a pretender to knowledge, an interloper, comes along, churns up this issue, delves into it, and divides the people into two groups. This is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) that is not permissible. The fitnah is sleeping, and may Allah curse the one who wakes it up.
The fitnah is sleeping, and here comes a person to stir it up. This is not permissible. We study in the schools, institutes, universities, and mosques. We study faith, and praise be to Allah, according to the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community, through their books which are in our hands. We do not need those who play with issues of knowledge. We ask Allah for guidance for us and for them. Amen. And for a return to the truth. Amen. And for abandoning this invalid delving. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل جميع الأعمال شرط كمال؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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