One of them interpreted faith as mere belief, and falsely attributed this statement to Shaykh al-Amin al-Mukhtar and others..!

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of those who interpret the Qur'an interpreted Surat al-Layl and came to the definition of faith, saying it is merely belief. When he was questioned about this, he said, "Al-Amin al-Mukhtar preceded me to this." So they brought him the book, but he did not find what he attributed to Shaykh al-Amin. He said, "So-and-so, then so-and-so," so we tracked that down and did not find it. He then said, "Suppose no one preceded me to this, do not close the door of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) on me."

Answer:
Leave him alone. This means leave him alone; he has no knowledge, he is ignorant, he fabricates lies against the scholars, and then when his lying about them is exposed, he says, "I am exercising ijtihad." Leave him alone if there is no good in him.