The Reality of Faith and the Relationship of Deeds to It

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This writer says: A group has appeared among us who claim to be from the people of the Sunnah and the community. They say that faith is a statement of the tongue and a belief of the heart, and that deeds do not harm as long as the foundation of faith remains. They have made deeds a condition that is not fundamental to faith, and that sins increase in faith as long as the foundation of faith remains. Did he take a position on this? And what is the guidance regarding this? This is contrary to what you have taught us, contrary to what the people of the Sunnah and the community have taught us.

Answer:
That faith consists of three things: speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and deeds with the limbs. Faith does not move except with these three. As for the one who separates deeds from faith, this is from the innovations and he is not from the people of the Sunnah and the community. Yes.