If the evidence is not established with him, is this considered one of the impediments?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. These impediments—may Allah reward you with good—even if the person receives the evidence in a manner that...?
The Shaykh : No, it is necessary that the evidence reaches him in a manner that establishes it with him.
The questioner : If it reached him in a manner...
The Shaykh : Then he has no excuse. Yes, in their view, practical matters are branches absolutely, and the creedal and scientific matters in the heart are the roots.
The questioner : And the correct view?
The Shaykh : The correct view is that they are not so. The correct view is that the roots of the religion are the great, major roots, such as the pillars of Islam; these are roots, even if they are practical. Yes, Salim.
The student: May Allah forgive you, regarding the one who says that the religion is substance and shell.
The Shaykh : I see, I think there are three questions. Yes.
The student: In my mind, it is the shell itself.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the shell.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done.
The student: Because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not impose anything on the Muslims in vain.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He does not impose anything except that which has a reality.
The Shaykh : Indeed, nothing is prescribed except that it has a substance. But some of them are fixed roots, and some are pillars for them. This is not so. May Allah grant us well-being. Yes.
The reader: "So this distinction has no basis, neither from the Companions".
The Shaykh : Wait, wait, no, no. As for...
The Shaykh : No, it is necessary that the evidence reaches him in a manner that establishes it with him.
The questioner : If it reached him in a manner...
The Shaykh : Then he has no excuse. Yes, in their view, practical matters are branches absolutely, and the creedal and scientific matters in the heart are the roots.
The questioner : And the correct view?
The Shaykh : The correct view is that they are not so. The correct view is that the roots of the religion are the great, major roots, such as the pillars of Islam; these are roots, even if they are practical. Yes, Salim.
The student: May Allah forgive you, regarding the one who says that the religion is substance and shell.
The Shaykh : I see, I think there are three questions. Yes.
The student: In my mind, it is the shell itself.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the shell.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, well done.
The student: Because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not impose anything on the Muslims in vain.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: He does not impose anything except that which has a reality.
The Shaykh : Indeed, nothing is prescribed except that it has a substance. But some of them are fixed roots, and some are pillars for them. This is not so. May Allah grant us well-being. Yes.
The reader: "So this distinction has no basis, neither from the Companions".
The Shaykh : Wait, wait, no, no. As for...