The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "Except those who believed and did righteous deeds."
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The Shaykh :[Ash-Shu'ara 26:227] Allah the Mighty and Majestic has excluded those who possess four attributes: [Al-'Asr 103:3] So let us begin. What did those who believed believe in? They believed in everything that is obligatory to believe in. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained faith with the most complete explanation. Jibril asked him about faith, and he said? The brother, yes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Arrange them, may Allah bless you.Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2610Sahih (Darussalam) This is the completion of this faith. As for righteous deeds, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) explained their foundations in the hadith of Jibril. Please, go ahead.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Do you have the hadith of Jibril memorized? Ah, it is not coming to your mind. Perhaps Allah will make it easy for someone else to recall it. You are young, the most youthful of the people. Yes, who knows the foundations of the deeds? Please, go ahead.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, say it.
The student: The testimony that there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : The testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the prayer, giving zakah, and fasting Ramadan.
The student: Pilgrimage to the House.
The Shaykh : Well done, may Allah bless you. These are the foundations of righteous deeds[Ash-Shu'ara 26:227].
Except those [poets] who believe
إلا الذين آمنواExcept for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبرThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : Arrange them, may Allah bless you.
To believe in Allah, His Angels, His, Books, His Messengers, the Day of Judgement, and Al-Qadar, the good of it and the bad of it.
الإيمان : أن تؤمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر والقدر خيره وشرهThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : Do you have the hadith of Jibril memorized? Ah, it is not coming to your mind. Perhaps Allah will make it easy for someone else to recall it. You are young, the most youthful of the people. Yes, who knows the foundations of the deeds? Please, go ahead.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, say it.
The student: The testimony that there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : The testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the prayer, giving zakah, and fasting Ramadan.
The student: Pilgrimage to the House.
The Shaykh : Well done, may Allah bless you. These are the foundations of righteous deeds