If one who does not have a correct creed says at the time of death, "There is no god but Allah," does it benefit him?

Question : Some people who have an incorrect creed say, "There is no god but Allah." Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, but they may not understand the meaning or the implications, or they may not hold the complete belief in it. So if he says, "There is no god but Allah," while his actions or his belief contradict this, do we say that he died upon this word?

Answer : It appears that if we know that he says, "There is no god but Allah," while he is an innovator in an innovation that entails disbelief, it does not benefit him. However, at the time of death, or when a person is in that state, it is a state different from when he is active in his calling to innovation. We should remove his innovation from him and say that this man has repented, and he should be washed and prayed over. Yes.