The ruling on declaring a person a Muslim if he says "There is no god but Allah" before his death while remaining attached to nationalism
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person declared a Muslim simply by saying[As-Saffat 37:35] before his death, even though he did not renounce the nationalism, Ba'athism, and other things he had displayed?
Answer:
How would we know? Nothing of this has become apparent to us. We take him at face value, and we rule that he is a Muslim in appearance, and we leave his inner state to Allah, for we are not burdened with that.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person declared a Muslim simply by saying
There is no deity but Allah
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُAnswer:
How would we know? Nothing of this has become apparent to us. We take him at face value, and we rule that he is a Muslim in appearance, and we leave his inner state to Allah, for we are not burdened with that.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:05:15)
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