Allah the Exalted said: (The Bedouins said, “We have believed.” Say, “You have not believed, but say, ‘We have submitted’…”) Which is more appropriate, Islam or faith?
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The questioner : He asks about the noble verse, I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed: [Al-Hujurat 49:14] He says: Which is more appropriate, Islam or faith?
The Shaykh : Faith is more complete.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, Allah the Exalted said in this verse:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] meaning: Faith has not yet entered [Al-Hujurat 49:14] but it is close to entering. However, when Islam is mentioned alone, faith is included in it, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:3] And when faith is mentioned alone, and one is called a believer or a disbeliever, then faith encompasses Islam.
But when both are mentioned together, as in the verse of al-Hujurat, faith is in the heart and Islam is in the limbs, and faith is more complete. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The listener from Algeria says, O honorable Shaykh.
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,'
قَالَتِ الأَعْرَابُ ءامَنَّا قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَاThe Shaykh : Faith is more complete.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, Allah the Exalted said in this verse:
but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts
وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْfaith has not yet entered your hearts
الإيمان في قلوبكمand have approved for you Islam as religion
وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلامَ دِينًاBut when both are mentioned together, as in the verse of al-Hujurat, faith is in the heart and Islam is in the limbs, and faith is more complete. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The listener from Algeria says, O honorable Shaykh.