Does complete faith necessitate action, or is action not a condition for its validity?
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The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah. What is the evidence? They will return to a claim that has no basis, which is that faith necessitates action. We say that complete faith necessitates action, but faith is not a condition in every instance of faith, even if it is only a grain that saves one from eternal abode in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection. Among the sayings and hadiths that refute their claim is the hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, and others: Therefore, merely uttering the word of disbelief does not necessitate that the one who said it is actually a disbeliever. You know the story of 'Amir ibn Yasir and the revelation of the saying of the Exalted: [An-Nahl 16:106] Likewise, the man whose hadith you referred to earlier, where it was mentioned in a hadith: "He never did any good": If it were disbelief, then disbelief is not forgiven by the explicit text of the verse. It is not disbelief because he did not intend disbelief. So, this is among the proofs of the misguidance of these people and that they [Ali 'Imran 3:7] Yes.
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions, while on a journey, passed by a tree with date palms. Some of his Companions said, "Make for us a tree with date palms as they have a tree with date palms." He (may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "Allah is the Greatest. These are the ways of the past. You have said what the people of Musa said to Musa: 'Make for us a god as they have gods.'"
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم وأصحابه في مسيرٍ لهم مروا بشجرة ذات أنواط فقال بعض أصحابه اجعل لنا ذات أنواط كما لهم ذات أنواط فقال عليه الصلاة والسلام الله أكبر هذه السنن لقد قلتم كما قال قوم موسى لموسى اجعل لنا إلهاً كما لهم آلهةexcept for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith
إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالإِيمَانِThere was a man among those before you who never did any good. When death approached him, he gathered his sons around him and said to them, "What kind of father was I to you?" They said, "The best of fathers." He said, "If Allah had the power over me, He would punish me with severe punishment. So when I die, burn me with fire, then scatter half of my ashes in the land and half in the sea on a windy day." When he died, they did so and carried out his will. Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic said to his particles, "Be so-and-so." So he was. Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic said, "O My servant, what compelled you to do what you did?" He said, "Your fear." He said, "Go, for I have forgiven you."
كان فيمن قبلكم رجل لم يعمل خيراً قط فلما حضرته الوفاة جمع بنيه حوله فقال لهم أي أبٍ كنت لكم قالوا خير أبٍ قال لئن قدر الله علي ليعذبني عذاباً شديداً فإذا أنا مت فحرقوني بالنار ثم ذروا نصفي في البر ونصفي في البحر في يوم عاصف فلما مات فعلوا ونفذوا وصيته فقال الله عز وجل لذراته كوني فلاناً فكان فقال الله عز وجل أي عبدي ما حملك على ما فعلت قال خشيتك قال اذهب فقد غفرت لكthey will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation
فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَاءَ تَأْوِيلِهِ
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