What is your opinion of one who says that Islamic morals are not among the matters of belief?

The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
What is your opinion, may Allah preserve you, of the statement that Islamic morals are not among the matters of belief?

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
There is no doubt that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent to perfect noble character. Since he was sent for that purpose, character became part of the message's content and one of its fundamentals. Indeed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And let it be known that every legal ruling a person performs in obedience to the command of Allah and following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is a matter of belief, in the sense that you do not perform it except while believing that it is a means of drawing near to Allah, and that you are obeying the command of Allah and following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in it. Without this, the deed would be nothing; without this belief, the deed would be absolutely nothing. The statement that religion consists of beliefs and rulings, if it is intended that these are rulings devoid of belief, is an error. Is it not a condition of every act of worship that it be pure for Allah and in accordance with the Shari'ah of Allah? Yes. Therefore, this is a matter of belief. However, belief may be purely faith-based, such as belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil. Or it may be action in accordance with the Shari'ah, which must necessarily be accompanied by belief. There is no doubt that character and noble character are part of the Islamic religion, and that the more a person adopts them