The pretentious talk of the self-styled scholars on the issues of faith and the deeds of the limbs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The talk of some self-styled scholars on the issues of faith has become widespread. They rely on the sayings of the Shaykh al-Islam, cutting them off and manipulating them, and they attribute to shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah have mercy on him, that the deed which is a pillar of faith is the deed of the heart, while the deed of the limbs is of the obligatory faith or the complete faith, and that the one who abandons the deed of the limbs is not a disbeliever. I ask for clarification and guidance on this?
Answer:
These people are in one of two states: either they are ignorant and do not understand the words of the Shaykh or the words of the scholars, or they are malicious and misleading, seeking to promote [certain ideas] to the people. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is on the methodology of the righteous Salaf and on the methodology of the Imams that action is included in faith, that action is included in faith and is a part of it. Faith is not valid without action, and action is not valid without faith; rather, both are necessary. This is the methodology of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and it is found in all his books, especially the Book of Faith (al-Iman al-Kabir) and the Book of Faith (al-Iman al-Saghir). But these people are either misleading, mentioning the words and taking what they promote to the people, or they are ignorant and do not understand the words of the Shaykh.
The majority of them are ignorant because they are self-taught; they took knowledge from books and did not study under scholars. They only read in books and newspapers, and they considered themselves [scholars], becoming a danger to themselves and to the Muslims. We ask Allah for well-being and that Allah protect us from their evil.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The talk of some self-styled scholars on the issues of faith has become widespread. They rely on the sayings of the Shaykh al-Islam, cutting them off and manipulating them, and they attribute to shirk (associating partners with Allah), may Allah have mercy on him, that the deed which is a pillar of faith is the deed of the heart, while the deed of the limbs is of the obligatory faith or the complete faith, and that the one who abandons the deed of the limbs is not a disbeliever. I ask for clarification and guidance on this?
Answer:
These people are in one of two states: either they are ignorant and do not understand the words of the Shaykh or the words of the scholars, or they are malicious and misleading, seeking to promote [certain ideas] to the people. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is on the methodology of the righteous Salaf and on the methodology of the Imams that action is included in faith, that action is included in faith and is a part of it. Faith is not valid without action, and action is not valid without faith; rather, both are necessary. This is the methodology of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and it is found in all his books, especially the Book of Faith (al-Iman al-Kabir) and the Book of Faith (al-Iman al-Saghir). But these people are either misleading, mentioning the words and taking what they promote to the people, or they are ignorant and do not understand the words of the Shaykh.
The majority of them are ignorant because they are self-taught; they took knowledge from books and did not study under scholars. They only read in books and newspapers, and they considered themselves [scholars], becoming a danger to themselves and to the Muslims. We ask Allah for well-being and that Allah protect us from their evil.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 20 — archive.org (1:15:58)
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