Those Who Say That Faith Does Not Increase or Decrease, and Whether They Are Among the People of the Sunnah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are those who said that faith does not increase or decrease considered among the people of the Sunnah?
Answer:
No, this is contrary to the truth. Why? The people of the Sunnah call the Murji'ah "the Murji'ah of the people of the Sunnah." They are among the people of the Sunnah, but they hold to some degree of irja' (postponing judgment on sinners). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, are those who said that faith does not increase or decrease considered among the people of the Sunnah?
Answer:
No, this is contrary to the truth. Why? The people of the Sunnah call the Murji'ah "the Murji'ah of the people of the Sunnah." They are among the people of the Sunnah, but they hold to some degree of irja' (postponing judgment on sinners). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (54:22)
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