Is one who commits any of the nullifiers of Islam, and one who says that the act did not come from his heart, to be treated the same in ruling?

Question:
A questioner says: If a person falls into one of the nullifiers of Islam, and another person says that this act or statement did not come from his heart, are they to be treated the same in ruling?

Answer:
This is not from the people of knowledge who say such a thing. One person does something from the nullifiers or speaks it, and an ignorant person comes to him and says, "You did not intend this with your heart." That is an ignorant person, not a scholar. If a person falls into the nullifiers by statement, action, or belief, it is obligatory for him to repent to Allah and return to the religion anew. As for distinguishing between the heart and the statement and action, this is from the statements of the Murji'ah, and some ignorant people in this time have followed them in this, so they are not to be considered. Yes.