What is the authenticity of the hadith (Faith is not mere wishful thinking...), and what is its meaning?
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The questioner : ...accounting.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The hadithSahih Muslim 148a Faith without hypocrisy... hypocrisy without faith?
The Shaykh : I do not know it...
The questioner : The second is the hadith: Faith is not mere wishful thinking; rather, faith is what settles in the heart...
The Shaykh : It is weak.
The questioner : It is weak.
The Shaykh : The stronger view is that it is a saying of al-Hasan al-Basri, but attributing it to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is incorrect and not authentic.
The questioner : The meaning?
The Shaykh : The meaning is beautiful, and as we say, this is evidence that there is no necessary connection between the fact that the meaning of a sentence attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is correct and acceptable, and the fact that the Messenger said it. This is of that nature.
The questioner : It complements the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : With its completion.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The hadith
The Hour (Resurrection) will not occur
لا تقوم الساعة حتى ...The Shaykh : I do not know it...
The questioner : The second is the hadith: Faith is not mere wishful thinking; rather, faith is what settles in the heart...
The Shaykh : It is weak.
The questioner : It is weak.
The Shaykh : The stronger view is that it is a saying of al-Hasan al-Basri, but attributing it to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is incorrect and not authentic.
The questioner : The meaning?
The Shaykh : The meaning is beautiful, and as we say, this is evidence that there is no necessary connection between the fact that the meaning of a sentence attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is correct and acceptable, and the fact that the Messenger said it. This is of that nature.
The questioner : It complements the hadith.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : With its completion.
The Shaykh : Yes.