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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Murji'ah among the jurists and the school of Abu Hanifah regarding faith

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The questioner:
And Shaykh Abu Kuraib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is not accepted regarding faith, and is he considered among the long-standing jurists? And if that is correct, what do they acknowledge about this faith?

The Shaykh:
Yes, Abu Hanifah and his teacher Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman hold this view, that faith is utterance with the tongue and belief in the heart, and that the deeds of the limbs are not included in it. This is clearly Murji'ah. Therefore, they are called the Murji'ah of the jurists and the Murji'ah of the people of the Sunnah. They are from the people of the Sunnah, but a slight error occurred with them. It is an error without a doubt, and we do not accept error from anyone.
Not from Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) nor from anyone else. Our goal is correctness and reaching the truth. So there is no doubt that they are Murji'ah, the Murji'ah of the jurists and the Murji'ah of the people of the Sunnah, as they are called. But they are the mildest among the Murji'ah, and the closest to the people of the Sunnah.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12/7 شرح كتاب لمعة الاعتقاد : الشريط السابع — youtube.com (1:22:37)

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