The Answer to One Who Relies on the Hadith of the One Who Says La ilaha illa Allah
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some people cite the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3116Sahih (Al-Albani), and they rely on and depend on this hadith to the exclusion of others. He asks: How is the answer to this?
The Shaykh:
It is something they rely on to abandon the performance of deeds.
The questioner:
This is the apparent ruling, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
That is, the one who says it but is unable to perform the deeds and dies after saying it will enter Paradise. As for the one who says it and is able to perform the deeds but does not, no.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some people cite the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he said:
There is no god but Allah" he will enter Paradise.
لا إله إلا الله دخل الجنةThe Shaykh:
It is something they rely on to abandon the performance of deeds.
The questioner:
This is the apparent ruling, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
That is, the one who says it but is unable to perform the deeds and dies after saying it will enter Paradise. As for the one who says it and is able to perform the deeds but does not, no.
Source
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