The Shaykh’s detailed explanation of faith and Islam, their separation and convergence, and the clarification thereof.

The Shaykh : In the Islamic Shari'ah, Islam and faith sometimes converge and sometimes diverge. Every person who is truly a believer is a Muslim, and from this, the convergence of faith and Islam becomes apparent. However, not every person who is a Muslim is necessarily a believer in the depths of his heart. If we conceptualize this scientific reality, which corresponds to the reality of people in every time and place, the difficulty is resolved, and the correct understanding of faith and Islam is established. The verse that says: , the response came: . How? Because we have just learned that Islam sometimes converges with faith and sometimes does not. For example, the hypocrites whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) threatened with His saying: . These people were Muslims, but they were not believers. What does it mean to say that they were Muslims? It means that outwardly they prayed and fasted, and they did not openly contradict the laws of Islam as many Muslims do today. But these hypocrites, whom we are describing now as having been Muslims, were not believers. That is, they submitted to the rulings of Islam outwardly, but they did not submit to Islam inwardly. So outwardly they were Muslims, and inwardly they were disbelievers. They concealed disbelief and displayed Islam. Therefore, they were hypocrites. Based on this, we said: whoever is a believer is necessarily a Muslim. Because what is the meaning of Islam? It is submission to the rulings of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But this submission sometimes comes from conviction and complete submission to the Lord of Islam, and sometimes this Islam is out of fear of immediate punishment in this world, which is killing. Therefore, Islam sometimes diverges from faith and sometimes converges with it. Here there is a general and a specific: "Every person who is a believer is necessarily a Muslim, but not every person who is a Muslim is a believer, because he may be a hypocrite."