What is the faith negated in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Say: You have not believed, but say: We have submitted”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Exalted and Glorious:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] What is the faith that is negated from them? Is it the pillars of faith?
Answer:
The complete faith. The faith negated from them is the complete faith. Because the Bedouins said, “We have believed,” even though they imagined themselves to be within the fold of faith, when in fact they had not yet understood it. They claimed something they had not attained. For this reason, He said, “And you have not yet entered into faith.” “And you have not yet” — because *lam* does not indicate absolute negation; rather, it indicates that faith will exist and be completed in the future.[Al-Hujurat 49:14] And it is not permissible for a person to claim something he has not attained. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Exalted and Glorious:
Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,'
قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَٰكِن قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَاAnswer:
The complete faith. The faith negated from them is the complete faith. Because the Bedouins said, “We have believed,” even though they imagined themselves to be within the fold of faith, when in fact they had not yet understood it. They claimed something they had not attained. For this reason, He said, “And you have not yet entered into faith.” “And you have not yet” — because *lam* does not indicate absolute negation; rather, it indicates that faith will exist and be completed in the future.
for faith has not yet entered your hearts
وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الإيمان المنفي في قوله تعالى ﴿قل لم تؤمنوا ولكن قولوا أسلمنا﴾؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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