The ruling on the phrase: “Hunger is disbelief”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A phrase is common among us in the desert, which is some of them saying that “hunger is disbelief.” He asks: Is there any religious prohibition in this phrase?
Answer:
This is a phrase of ignorance; it is not a correct phrase. Yes. Hunger is not described as disbelief, but they say “disbeliever” because it leads to theft, it leads to looting and plundering, it leads to taking money. From that aspect, it is a disbelief other than doctrinal disbelief; it is a disbelief of action. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A phrase is common among us in the desert, which is some of them saying that “hunger is disbelief.” He asks: Is there any religious prohibition in this phrase?
Answer:
This is a phrase of ignorance; it is not a correct phrase. Yes. Hunger is not described as disbelief, but they say “disbeliever” because it leads to theft, it leads to looting and plundering, it leads to taking money. From that aspect, it is a disbelief other than doctrinal disbelief; it is a disbelief of action. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 29 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/كيد الشيطان/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:30)
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