Saying La ilaha illa Allah while abandoning the actions of the limbs

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person says La ilaha illa Allah, believes in its meaning, and disavows what is worshipped other than Allah, but does not act with his limbs, is he considered to be doing wrong?

Answer:
La ilaha illa Allah, for the one who does not act with his limbs, what does La ilaha illa mean? It means acting in accordance with its implications. One must be knowledgeable of its meaning and act in accordance with its implications. This is what it means to act in accordance with its implications. But if desire and Shaytan overcome him, that is a sin from which he repents to Allah. However, if he does not consider this permissible and says, "I say La ilaha illa Allah and that is sufficient, and I do what I want," we say: No, you did not say La ilaha illa Allah. You said it with your tongue, but you did not say it with your belief and action. Yes.