A Response to Those Who Claim the Existence of a Sect Called "The Murji'ah of the People of the Sunnah"

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: How do we respond to those who say that there is a sect called the Murji'ah of the People of the Sunnah?

Answer:
Yes, there is a sect called the Murji'ah of the People of the Sunnah. They are the scholars of Kufah, or the people of Kufah, including the Hanafis among them. They say that faith is a statement of the tongue and a belief of the heart; a statement of the tongue and a belief of the heart, and that deeds are not part of it. These are the Murji'ah of the People of the Sunnah. Yes.