How do we respond to one who commits sins and argues that faith is in the heart?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A man commits many sins, and when we advise him, he says, "Faith is in the heart, faith is in the heart,"
Answer:
in the heart and in the limbs. Faith is in the heart and in the limbs; it manifests in the limbs. Faith is what settles in the hearts and is verified by the deeds, as al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said. And the people of the Sunnah say that faith is speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A man commits many sins, and when we advise him, he says, "Faith is in the heart, faith is in the heart,"
Answer:
in the heart and in the limbs. Faith is in the heart and in the limbs; it manifests in the limbs. Faith is what settles in the hearts and is verified by the deeds, as al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) said. And the people of the Sunnah say that faith is speech with the tongue, belief in the heart, and action with the limbs. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 279- كيف نردّ على من يرتكب المعاصي ويحتجّ بأن الإيمان في القلب؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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