It is known among the people of the Sunnah that faith is speech, action, and belief. Does a person's faith drop if he leaves one of these three things?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, it is known that the explanation of the Sunnah regarding faith is that faith is speech, action, and belief. If one leaves any of these three entirely, does the person's faith drop? For example, if he leaves speech entirely, or does not perform any action at all, is he not a believer?
The Shaykh : What are the conditions of faith in your current expression?
The questioner : That he comes with these three.
The Shaykh : And they are
The questioner : The speech...
The Shaykh : The belief and the speech.
The questioner : And the speech.
The Shaykh : And the action.
The questioner : And the action.
The Shaykh : Well, is the action a condition of perfection or a condition of validity?
The questioner : From the scholars of the people of the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Do not say "from"; who are we talking about? We are students of knowledge. I am asking you, and you ask me.
The questioner : A condition of perfection.
The Shaykh : Do you not refer me to an absent person? "So whoever refers you to an absent person has not been fair to you".
The questioner : ... From the people of the Sunnah, some differed.
The Shaykh : ... What did he say, the opposite of what I say... May Allah reward you.
The questioner : A condition of perfection.
The Shaykh : Well, that is settled. You have relieved yourself and relieved me with you. What remains with us regarding this action?
The questioner : The speech and the belief.
The Shaykh : The speech and the belief. Is the speech a condition of validity or a condition of perfection?
The questioner : A condition of validity.
The Shaykh : If a man lived in the wilderness, and his belief was correct, and no one met him to ask him, "Are you a believer? Do you testify that there is no god but Allah," and he died upon that, did he die a disbeliever?
The questioner : He was in the wilderness, how, O Shaykh? I did not understand the question.
The student: He was in the desert.
The questioner : Yes, but how can his belief be correct and he did not meet anyone who said to him: "There is no god but Allah"?
The Shaykh : I made a mistake and I retract. There was a community, and he heard the knowledge and received the oneness of Allah, but no one said to him, "Are you a believer? Do you testify that there is no god but Allah?" And he believed and died.
The questioner : He believed in what he heard and died, and did not speak. The correct ruling is that he is a believer because he was not able to...
The Shaykh : It is not that he was not able to be the cause that necessitates expressing what is in his heart.
The questioner : So only the belief remains.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what is the difference between the statement of the people of the Sunnah and the statement of the Hanafis?
The Shaykh : No, you have contradicted what you said.
The questioner : Yes, I say.
The Shaykh : The Hanafis meet the people of the Sunnah in that when they say, or rather we say, the people of the Sunnah meet the Hanafis when they say that the actions are not of the faith, meaning as a condition.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What are the conditions of faith in your current expression?
The questioner : That he comes with these three.
The Shaykh : And they are
The questioner : The speech...
The Shaykh : The belief and the speech.
The questioner : And the speech.
The Shaykh : And the action.
The questioner : And the action.
The Shaykh : Well, is the action a condition of perfection or a condition of validity?
The questioner : From the scholars of the people of the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Do not say "from"; who are we talking about? We are students of knowledge. I am asking you, and you ask me.
The questioner : A condition of perfection.
The Shaykh : Do you not refer me to an absent person? "So whoever refers you to an absent person has not been fair to you".
The questioner : ... From the people of the Sunnah, some differed.
The Shaykh : ... What did he say, the opposite of what I say... May Allah reward you.
The questioner : A condition of perfection.
The Shaykh : Well, that is settled. You have relieved yourself and relieved me with you. What remains with us regarding this action?
The questioner : The speech and the belief.
The Shaykh : The speech and the belief. Is the speech a condition of validity or a condition of perfection?
The questioner : A condition of validity.
The Shaykh : If a man lived in the wilderness, and his belief was correct, and no one met him to ask him, "Are you a believer? Do you testify that there is no god but Allah," and he died upon that, did he die a disbeliever?
The questioner : He was in the wilderness, how, O Shaykh? I did not understand the question.
The student: He was in the desert.
The questioner : Yes, but how can his belief be correct and he did not meet anyone who said to him: "There is no god but Allah"?
The Shaykh : I made a mistake and I retract. There was a community, and he heard the knowledge and received the oneness of Allah, but no one said to him, "Are you a believer? Do you testify that there is no god but Allah?" And he believed and died.
The questioner : He believed in what he heard and died, and did not speak. The correct ruling is that he is a believer because he was not able to...
The Shaykh : It is not that he was not able to be the cause that necessitates expressing what is in his heart.
The questioner : So only the belief remains.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what is the difference between the statement of the people of the Sunnah and the statement of the Hanafis?
The Shaykh : No, you have contradicted what you said.
The questioner : Yes, I say.
The Shaykh : The Hanafis meet the people of the Sunnah in that when they say, or rather we say, the people of the Sunnah meet the Hanafis when they say that the actions are not of the faith, meaning as a condition.
The questioner : ...