The Ruling on Dividing Faith into Pillars, Obligatory Acts, and Recommended Acts

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Some people say that faith is threefold: faith in the pillars, which is belief in the pillars; faith in the obligatory acts, which is belief in the obligations; and faith in the recommended acts, which is belief in the recommendations. They say that if one does not believe in the recommended acts, it does not harm his faith in any way. What is the ruling on this statement?

Answer:
This is from his own head; this talk is from his own head. The Salaf of the Ummah and its imams did not say this. This division has no basis and no evidence for it. I told you from the beginning to leave these matters and study the books of the Salaf, the correct books of creed, and hold fast to them. Leave these investigations and these statements. This is the talk of ignorant people, the talk of ignorant people and pretenders to knowledge. Leave it. Yes.