Can a branch of faith and a branch of disbelief coexist in a person?
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The questioner : In the previous lesson, we mentioned Ibn Batal's statement that faith does not become partial.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He said ... . We said that this ... does not prevent faith and disbelief from being in a person's heart.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible for traits of faith and traits of disbelief to coexist in him.
The questioner : Ibn Kathir mentioned in his tafsir the hadith: "Three who possess these are a pure hypocrite."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And whoever has in him ... has in him ... .
The Shaykh : A trait of hypocrisy.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then he said after that, and his statement is used as evidence that a person may have a branch of faith and a branch of hypocrisy.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then my practice with this hadith is ... what the verse indicated, so what my brothers ... the terminology, yes, so he said ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... there may be in a person's heart a branch of faith and a branch of hypocrisy.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, there is no doubt in this, and a branch of obedience and a branch of open sinfulness.
The questioner : Good, and his statement that it does not become partial ... it does not become partial.
The Shaykh : Yes, its meaning is that if a person is described as a Muslim in an absolute sense, it means that there is no disbelief in him, meaning there is no disbelief that erases Islam, because it is either Islam or disbelief,[At-Taghabun 64:2] , but a believer may have traits of disbelief, and this does not necessitate that he be described as a disbeliever in an absolute sense, but rather it is said that he committed disbelief in such and such, so absolute disbelief never coexists with Islam.
The questioner : ... the phrase ... .
The Shaykh : The phrase was mentioned to us yesterday, that his intention is that absolute disbelief does not coexist with Islam.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Three, yes.
The questioner : The statement of al-Hafiz ... .
The Shaykh : About what? Hmm?
The questioner : The statement of al-Hafiz and ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The statement of al-Hafiz needs an answer ...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He said ... . We said that this ... does not prevent faith and disbelief from being in a person's heart.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is possible for traits of faith and traits of disbelief to coexist in him.
The questioner : Ibn Kathir mentioned in his tafsir the hadith: "Three who possess these are a pure hypocrite."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And whoever has in him ... has in him ... .
The Shaykh : A trait of hypocrisy.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then he said after that, and his statement is used as evidence that a person may have a branch of faith and a branch of hypocrisy.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Then my practice with this hadith is ... what the verse indicated, so what my brothers ... the terminology, yes, so he said ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... there may be in a person's heart a branch of faith and a branch of hypocrisy.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct, there is no doubt in this, and a branch of obedience and a branch of open sinfulness.
The questioner : Good, and his statement that it does not become partial ... it does not become partial.
The Shaykh : Yes, its meaning is that if a person is described as a Muslim in an absolute sense, it means that there is no disbelief in him, meaning there is no disbelief that erases Islam, because it is either Islam or disbelief,
and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer
فَمِنكُم كافِرٌ وَمِنكُم مُؤمِنٌThe questioner : ... the phrase ... .
The Shaykh : The phrase was mentioned to us yesterday, that his intention is that absolute disbelief does not coexist with Islam.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Three, yes.
The questioner : The statement of al-Hafiz ... .
The Shaykh : About what? Hmm?
The questioner : The statement of al-Hafiz and ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The statement of al-Hafiz needs an answer ...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In?