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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a teacher delving into the issue of the one who abandons action

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We have a teacher who claims that there is a contradiction between the hadiths of intercession, may Allah have mercy on him. He claims there is a contradiction between the hadiths of intercession and the established issue that there is no faith without action. He advises his students not to delve into the issue of the one who abandons action entirely. He even says, "I have always disliked delving into the issue of abandoning action. If someone discussed it with me and I objected to him with the hadiths of intercession..." How do we respond to him, may Allah grant you success? And is there a contradiction between the hadiths of intercession and other texts?

Answer:
First, it is obligatory for the teacher to study the prescribed book and explain it as required. He should not express opinions or ideas from his own mind or understanding from his own mind, because this is a trust in his charge. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to introduce things from his own mind or understanding. Rather, he studies the prescribed book. This is what he is unable to do; he stops at that. As for him expressing ideas from his own mind and saying, "I see such and such," who are you to see such and such? You are nothing. Merely explaining the phrases of the scholars, if you understand it, and if you do not understand it, you stop at that. This is what is required of the teacher. As for delving into the issue of abandoning action, this is settled: faith is speech, belief, and action. There is no faith except with these three: speech with the tongue, belief with the heart, and action with the limbs. If one of them is missing, it is not faith. This is sufficient for us so that we do not intervene in the issue of abandoning action, or the type of action, or such and such. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [95 /1350] عندنا مدرس يدعي أن هناك خلافا بين أحاديث الشفاعة وبين تقرير أنه لا إيمان بدون عمل...؟ — youtube.com

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