Explaining the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (The Bedouins said, "We have believed.")
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[Explaining the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (The Bedouins said, "We have believed.")
” [the verse]
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan: [Al-Hujurat:14] I am confused about the interpretation of the last part of the verse: [Al-Hujurat:14] It is well known that obedience is counted under Islam, of course,Does this verse mean: that those who said "We have believed," does their Islam benefit them without faith that benefits them, meaning: relying on [Al-Hujurat:14] if you obey Allah?
This verse: A group of Bedouins said: ("We have believed. Say: You have not believed, but say: We have submitted") The exegetes differed on this verse: is the intended meaning the hypocrites, or is the intended meaning the believers whose faith is weak?And the correct view is: that the intended meaning is the believers whose faith is weak,And for this he said: [Al-Hujurat:14] meaning: and it is close to entering it and settling in it.
So the correct view is: that it is not about the hypocrites and that it is about people whose faith is weak,So Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] meaning: faith has not reached your hearts meaning: we practiced Islam outwardly [Al-Hujurat 49:14] but it is close,For this reason, Allah the Exalted said: [Sad:8] meaning: they have not tasted it, but it is close to them.
His statement:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] if you come with something of obedience [Al-Hujurat 49:14]
The questioner: The apparent meaning of the verse is that there is no faith in his heart?The Shaykh: No.
Faith is complete, this is what is intended by it, this is the correct view,But if we say: The hypocrites who have no faith at all, they do not have any righteous deed; if they did, it would not benefit them.
The questioner: The one who has a little faith, does it benefit him?The Shaykh: Yes.
Perhaps his righteous deed strengthens his faith and it increases.
” [the verse]
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan:
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds of anything. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
قَالَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْأِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْئاً إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌAnd if you obey Allah and His Messenger
وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُHe will not deprive you from your deeds of anything
لا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْئاًThis verse: A group of Bedouins said: ("We have believed. Say: You have not believed, but say: We have submitted") The exegetes differed on this verse: is the intended meaning the hypocrites, or is the intended meaning the believers whose faith is weak?And the correct view is: that the intended meaning is the believers whose faith is weak,And for this he said:
for faith has not yet entered your hearts
وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْأِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْSo the correct view is: that it is not about the hypocrites and that it is about people whose faith is weak,So Allah the Exalted said:
Say, "You have not [yet] believed
قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُواBut say, "We have submitted"
وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَاfor faith has not yet entered your hearts
وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْأِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْRather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
بَلْ لَمَّا يَذُوقُوا عَذَابِHis statement:
And if you obey Allah and His Messenger
وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُHe will not deprive you from your deeds
لا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِكُمْThe questioner: The apparent meaning of the verse is that there is no faith in his heart?The Shaykh: No.
Faith is complete, this is what is intended by it, this is the correct view,But if we say: The hypocrites who have no faith at all, they do not have any righteous deed; if they did, it would not benefit them.
The questioner: The one who has a little faith, does it benefit him?The Shaykh: Yes.
Perhaps his righteous deed strengthens his faith and it increases.