What is the difference between Islam and faith?
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Question:
May Allah guide you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner asks: How do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,[Al-Hujurat 49:14] with the well-known rule: "When Islam and faith are mentioned together, they are distinct; when they are mentioned separately, they are the same"? In this verse, they only said, "We believe."
Answer:
And Allah, we have clarified this, but perhaps you were not present. If you had looked into the tafsir (exegesis), it might have become clear to you. They claimed that they had claimed complete faith, but they did not reach that level. They only had weak faith. They were deluded regarding the beginning of faith; they were deluded regarding the beginning of faith. And they claimed that they had mastered faith. This is what Allah denied regarding them. Yes.
May Allah guide you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner asks: How do we reconcile the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He,
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,'
قَالَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَٰكِن قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَاAnswer:
And Allah, we have clarified this, but perhaps you were not present. If you had looked into the tafsir (exegesis), it might have become clear to you. They claimed that they had claimed complete faith, but they did not reach that level. They only had weak faith. They were deluded regarding the beginning of faith; they were deluded regarding the beginning of faith. And they claimed that they had mastered faith. This is what Allah denied regarding them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [121] ما الفرق بين الإسلام والإيمان؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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