What is the reasoning behind your citation of the hadith regarding the faith of the fornicator as evidence for the Hanafi school's position on the issue that faith either exists once or does not exist, given that this appears to align with their school?

The Shaykh : As for the questioner's statement, "What is the reasoning behind your citation of the hadith regarding the faith of the fornicator as evidence for the Hanafi school's position on the issue that faith either exists once or does not exist, given that this aligns with their school?" How does it align with their school? Do the Hanafis say that the fornicator becomes a disbeliever? The answer is no. And I have explained to you what the Hanafis say, which supports the fact that the correct position on the issue of faith is the school of the majority. It is sufficient to alert the questioner that the verses he referred to are explicit regarding the increase of faith. Therefore, when a hadith comes to us like the one he asked about, or a hadith , we must interpret these hadiths in a way that agrees with the other texts from the Book and the Sunnah, so that we remain in safety and protection from deviation to the right or the left, lest we become like the Khawarij or the Mu'tazilah, may Allah the Exalted protect us from that.