The Difference Between Belief in Divine Decree and Patience with It

The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I say, finally, O Shaykh, you loved Allah. Was not the lack of patience with the decrees of Allah among the summaries of the perfection of order, and not among what contradicts it? Especially since 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said that patience is to faith as the head is to the body. Then he raised his voice and said: There is no faith without patience. And Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding the importance of patience, that it is to be given to a person who is afflicted with hardship, and it holds this position in the religion. Likewise, the lack of patience with the decrees of Allah truly indicates a lack of faith in divine decree and destiny. So how does this not contradict the essence of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), or its perfection?

The Shaykh:
There is a difference between belief in divine decree and destiny and patience with divine decree and destiny. Belief in divine decree and destiny is a pillar of faith; disbelief in divine decree and destiny contradicts faith. As for patience with divine decree and destiny, it is one of the complements of faith, not one of its pillars; it is among the complements. A person may believe in divine decree and destiny but not control himself from distress and complaint, in which case this is a sin and a major sin among the major sins, but it does not take him out of faith. So I hope that the questioner and others understand the difference between belief in divine decree and destiny and patience with divine decree and destiny, and that there is a great difference between them, so that he does not confuse one with the other.

The questioner:
Of course, his saying, "And whoever believes in Allah, let him pray," so the contradiction is...

The Shaykh:
"Believes in Allah" means complete faith. This indicates the statement that the one who is not pleased with divine decree and destiny does not believe, meaning he is not complete in faith. It may negate faith, but what is intended is the negation of perfection; what is intended is that it does not give perfection, it does not give the essence. Yes.

The questioner:
It is not permissible for this, that the report is from the absence of the report, and from what is appropriate.

The Shaykh:
The lack of patience does not contradict tawhid (the oneness of Allah), but rather it contradicts the perfection of tawhid. Because the one who does not have patience among the believers has belief in divine decree and destiny; he believes in divine decree and destiny, but due to the weakness of his soul, he did not attain it. So if he does something of wailing, this is from the major sins, like zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), theft, and drinking intoxicants, it is from the major sins, but it does not take him out of the religion, as we mentioned. Not everyone who has something of the traits of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance is a disbeliever. Yes. And it is obligatory, because this is among the subtleties of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), that a person distinguishes between these matters, and does not take things at their apparent level, and does not take people out of Islam and out of the religion based on this understanding. No, it is necessary to gather the texts together, and interpret some of them with others, and refer to the words of the scholars. This is necessary. Yes.