Explanation of the author's statement: "And the second: the obligation of the exception, and this view has two bases"
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The Shaykh : He said to you: Are you a believer? I said: If Allah wills, I will not be a disbeliever. Why? He said: Because faith is something in the heart, so either it is known and one is certain of it, or if you say: If Allah wills, that is hesitation, and hesitation in what requires certainty is contrary to certainty and constitutes disbelief.
For this reason, they call the one who makes an exception in faith a doubter. Yes. And al-Safarini alluded to the negation of that in his poem, saying:
"And in our faith we make an exception *** Without doubt, so listen and reflect".
Without doubt, but if it is with doubt, it is known that this is disbelief. This is an opinion, an opinion that says: What is the ruling on making an exception in faith? It is forbidden, because faith is a known thing, so making an exception in it is hesitation and thus becomes forbidden. Okay.
The second view: The obligation of the exception.
See, the opposite, he said: It is not permissible to say I am a believer, it is forbidden, say If Allah wills, it is necessary, if you said I am a believer only, that would be forbidden, so what is obligatory is that you say: I am a believer, if Allah wills. Okay, why? The reason? I know that I am a believer now, I know that I am a believer.
We say: "Indeed, this has two bases: One of them is that faith is what a person dies upon, so a person is only a believer or a disbeliever according to how he meets his end, meaning meeting Allah (Mighty and Majestic), which is the arrival of the term, and this is a future matter that is not known, so it is not permissible to be certain about it".
This is the aspect of the view that the exception is obligatory, he says: Because faith is what a person dies upon, and you are now alive, you do not know what will happen to you, perhaps you will do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is not an arm's length between you and it, then the record will overtake you and you will do the deeds of the people of the Fire and enter it.
Does any one of us assert that he will die upon faith? No, by Allah, but we hope that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will cause us to die upon faith and that He will not turn our hearts away while we are in fear.
They say the exception is obligatory, why? He said: Because faith is what a person dies upon, and you do not know whether you will die upon it or not? So you must say: If Allah wills, because Allah said to His Prophet:[Al-Kahf 18:23-24] So the future is something you do not know about, say If Allah wills, otherwise you are sinful. This is one basis.
For this reason, they call the one who makes an exception in faith a doubter. Yes. And al-Safarini alluded to the negation of that in his poem, saying:
"And in our faith we make an exception *** Without doubt, so listen and reflect".
Without doubt, but if it is with doubt, it is known that this is disbelief. This is an opinion, an opinion that says: What is the ruling on making an exception in faith? It is forbidden, because faith is a known thing, so making an exception in it is hesitation and thus becomes forbidden. Okay.
The second view: The obligation of the exception.
See, the opposite, he said: It is not permissible to say I am a believer, it is forbidden, say If Allah wills, it is necessary, if you said I am a believer only, that would be forbidden, so what is obligatory is that you say: I am a believer, if Allah wills. Okay, why? The reason? I know that I am a believer now, I know that I am a believer.
We say: "Indeed, this has two bases: One of them is that faith is what a person dies upon, so a person is only a believer or a disbeliever according to how he meets his end, meaning meeting Allah (Mighty and Majestic), which is the arrival of the term, and this is a future matter that is not known, so it is not permissible to be certain about it".
This is the aspect of the view that the exception is obligatory, he says: Because faith is what a person dies upon, and you are now alive, you do not know what will happen to you, perhaps you will do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is not an arm's length between you and it, then the record will overtake you and you will do the deeds of the people of the Fire and enter it.
Does any one of us assert that he will die upon faith? No, by Allah, but we hope that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will cause us to die upon faith and that He will not turn our hearts away while we are in fear.
They say the exception is obligatory, why? He said: Because faith is what a person dies upon, and you do not know whether you will die upon it or not? So you must say: If Allah wills, because Allah said to His Prophet: