The Shaykh’s clarification of the misguidance of many speakers in their distinction between knowledge and action.

The Shaykh :"This is something that many speakers on the issues of faith have overlooked, to the point that they assumed it is merely affirmation without deeds. This is one of the ugliest and greatest errors. Indeed, many of the disbelievers were certain of the truth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), having no doubt about it, but that affirmation was not accompanied by the deeds of the heart: loving what he brought, being pleased with it, desiring it, and showing loyalty and hostility on its account. Do not neglect this point, for it is very important. Through it, you know the reality of faith. The theoretical issues are practical, and the practical issues are theoretical. For the Lawgiver did not take the obligated ones in practical matters by mere action without knowledge, nor in theoretical matters by mere knowledge without action."
It becomes clear from the words of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) that the aforementioned distinction, in addition to being invalid by consensus because it contradicts the practice of the Salaf and the apparent evidence mentioned earlier, is also invalid from the perspective of the distincters’ conception that it is not obligatory for knowledge to be accompanied by action, nor for action to be accompanied by knowledge. This is a very important point that helps the believer understand the subject correctly and believe with certainty in the invalidity of the aforementioned distinction. Furthermore, the preceding research and establishment of the invalidity of the aforementioned distinction is entirely based on the assumption that the report of a single narrator only yields the stronger opinion and does not yield certainty and definitive knowledge.