The ruling on the one who says that faith is speech and action, then excludes action from it
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Question:
And this person asks: What is the ruling on the one who says that faith is speech, knowledge, and settling in the heart, and that it increases and decreases, but he defines faith as belief and says that faith necessitates action, yet there is no basis for this? Are these statements part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah regarding faith?
Answer:
This is a contradiction. He says that faith is speech, action, and belief, and then he says that action is not faith, returning to exclude it from faith. This is a contradiction in statement. This combines the statement of the people of the Sunnah with the statement of the believers, meaning it combines truth and falsehood. This is how the people of misguidance become confused in their matters, and they seek out people. It is permissible to say that faith is belief, and then they say that faith is belief, and where did the action go? Where did the speech go? If they were to settle for belief alone, the contradiction is yes.
The presenter:
We ask Allah for help.
And this person asks: What is the ruling on the one who says that faith is speech, knowledge, and settling in the heart, and that it increases and decreases, but he defines faith as belief and says that faith necessitates action, yet there is no basis for this? Are these statements part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah regarding faith?
Answer:
This is a contradiction. He says that faith is speech, action, and belief, and then he says that action is not faith, returning to exclude it from faith. This is a contradiction in statement. This combines the statement of the people of the Sunnah with the statement of the believers, meaning it combines truth and falsehood. This is how the people of misguidance become confused in their matters, and they seek out people. It is permissible to say that faith is belief, and then they say that faith is belief, and where did the action go? Where did the speech go? If they were to settle for belief alone, the contradiction is yes.
The presenter:
We ask Allah for help.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-071-عقيدة أهل السنة في الإيمان والتكفير|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:51)
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