Faith is a matter of the heart, and intention is likewise; faith is confirmed by deeds, and intention is likewise; so is there a difference between faith and intention?
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The Shaykh : The question contains novelty and perhaps some benefit. It says: Faith is a matter of the heart, and intention is likewise; faith is confirmed by deeds, and intention is likewise; so is there a difference between faith and intention? And do we consider that faith is an intention, and vice versa? May Allah reward you with good.
We say, he intends by intention the verbalization of the intention. Faith is a matter of the heart, and intention is likewise; faith is confirmed by deeds, and intention is likewise; so is there a difference between faith and intention? And do we consider that faith is an intention, and vice versa? May Allah reward you with good.
Do we consider that faith is an intention? We say: Faith is a work of the heart, and intention is a part of this work of the heart. If it isThe questioner : meaning only this much, then this is the answer. Faith is a work of the heart in the movement of the heart, and the necessary faith is that which came from Allah and His Messenger. The intention that includes proceeding to a righteous deed is undoubtedly a part of the works of the heart. Therefore, deeds are not valid unless accompanied by this intention, just as all deeds are not valid unless accompanied by that work of the heart. If this is the extent of what he wantsThe questioner : then this is the answer. But perhaps he means: Does the verbalization of the intention then follow the course of righteous deeds with the intention of the heart?
Perhaps... he means this. We say: The answer is that the verbalization of the intention is not a righteous deed. If it were a righteous deed, it would have been included in the righteous deeds, and we would have said that this deed is part of the complete faith. But the verbalization of the intention is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that none of the mujtahid imams said. Look now at how we address the reality of Muslims today. Today, the people of fiqh in the sense... in the figurative sense, verbalize the intention, and none of the imams said that. Who legislated this verbalization for them when they say we are followers (muqallids)? So they are followers, they are independent reasoners (mujtahids), they combine contradictions. They follow in one aspect and are independent reasoners in another aspect; because they bring ideas and issues that none of the four imams, whom the Muslim masses are obligated to follow one of them, said. This verbalization of the intention is a religious innovation (bid'ah); so it is not a righteous deed and is discarded, and... the previous question absolutely.
We say, he intends by intention the verbalization of the intention. Faith is a matter of the heart, and intention is likewise; faith is confirmed by deeds, and intention is likewise; so is there a difference between faith and intention? And do we consider that faith is an intention, and vice versa? May Allah reward you with good.
Do we consider that faith is an intention? We say: Faith is a work of the heart, and intention is a part of this work of the heart. If it isThe questioner : meaning only this much, then this is the answer. Faith is a work of the heart in the movement of the heart, and the necessary faith is that which came from Allah and His Messenger. The intention that includes proceeding to a righteous deed is undoubtedly a part of the works of the heart. Therefore, deeds are not valid unless accompanied by this intention, just as all deeds are not valid unless accompanied by that work of the heart. If this is the extent of what he wantsThe questioner : then this is the answer. But perhaps he means: Does the verbalization of the intention then follow the course of righteous deeds with the intention of the heart?
Perhaps... he means this. We say: The answer is that the verbalization of the intention is not a righteous deed. If it were a righteous deed, it would have been included in the righteous deeds, and we would have said that this deed is part of the complete faith. But the verbalization of the intention is a religious innovation (bid'ah) that none of the mujtahid imams said. Look now at how we address the reality of Muslims today. Today, the people of fiqh in the sense... in the figurative sense, verbalize the intention, and none of the imams said that. Who legislated this verbalization for them when they say we are followers (muqallids)? So they are followers, they are independent reasoners (mujtahids), they combine contradictions. They follow in one aspect and are independent reasoners in another aspect; because they bring ideas and issues that none of the four imams, whom the Muslim masses are obligated to follow one of them, said. This verbalization of the intention is a religious innovation (bid'ah); so it is not a righteous deed and is discarded, and... the previous question absolutely.
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