The claim that correcting words is not important, and swearing by other than Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people say that correcting words is not important in Islam; rather, what is important is what your heart believes. So if someone swears by other than Allah, such as his father, or swears by the Prophet, this does not harm him as long as his heart is monotheistic.
Answer:
This is a statement with no basis, and it is not permissible to say it. The criterion is the heart, and one should utter what one intends. There is no such thing as avoiding the "ugly" phrases. He forbade the "ugly" phrases when a man said to him: Avoid the "ugly" phrases that contain error and something of bad creed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people say that correcting words is not important in Islam; rather, what is important is what your heart believes. So if someone swears by other than Allah, such as his father, or swears by the Prophet, this does not harm him as long as his heart is monotheistic.
Answer:
This is a statement with no basis, and it is not permissible to say it. The criterion is the heart, and one should utter what one intends. There is no such thing as avoiding the "ugly" phrases. He forbade the "ugly" phrases when a man said to him:
May Allah will and you will, I did not make me for Allah from you, say: May Allah will and you will
شاء الله وشئت ألا جعلتني لله منك قل ما شاء الله وشئت
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 52 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/اتخاذ القبور مساجد/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:50)
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