The Response to Those Who Claim There Is Disagreement Among the Salaf on the Definition of Faith
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Question:
He says: What is the response, Honorable Shaykh, to those who say there is disagreement among the Salaf regarding the ruling on the one who completely abandons the actions of the limbs, and who say that there is no scholarly consensus on this issue?
Answer:
This is a liar. The Salaf did not differ; they did not differ on the definition of faith as speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. This is their wording, and this is what is narrated from them, generation after generation. As for those who opposed them from the Murji'ah, their disagreement is not to be heeded, for the criterion is those who came before, as they are closer to the truth than others. Yes.
He says: What is the response, Honorable Shaykh, to those who say there is disagreement among the Salaf regarding the ruling on the one who completely abandons the actions of the limbs, and who say that there is no scholarly consensus on this issue?
Answer:
This is a liar. The Salaf did not differ; they did not differ on the definition of faith as speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. This is their wording, and this is what is narrated from them, generation after generation. As for those who opposed them from the Murji'ah, their disagreement is not to be heeded, for the criterion is those who came before, as they are closer to the truth than others. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/012 — archive.org (3:05)
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