In the verse: “The Bedouins said, ‘We have believed.’ Say, ‘You have not believed, but say, “We have submitted.””” Does Islam here refer to outward actions?
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The questioner : Shaykh, it seems that you interpreted Islam here as outward actions.
The Shaykh : Which ones?
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : No, it is Islam, and they have faith, but it has not reached the depths of their hearts,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is Islam, but it is not faith.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The questioner : I say, may Allah reward you, what contradicts this is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hujurat 49:14].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this indicate that they are not Muslims at all?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Because if they were Muslims, they would be obedient to Allah and His Messenger?
The Shaykh : No, Islam: a person may perform obedience to Allah and His Messenger in a general sense, and there may be shortcoming on his part. So the verse is general:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] in everything But obedience is not possible except with faith, based upon it, because the condition of obedience is tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
The Shaykh : Which ones?
The questioner :
but say, “We have submitted”
ولكن قولوا أسلمناThe Shaykh : No, it is Islam, and they have faith, but it has not reached the depths of their hearts,
when it enters
لما يدخلThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is Islam, but it is not faith.
The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The questioner : I say, may Allah reward you, what contradicts this is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And if you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds of anything
وإن تطيعوا الله ورسوله لا يلتكم من أعمالكم شيئاThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this indicate that they are not Muslims at all?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Because if they were Muslims, they would be obedient to Allah and His Messenger?
The Shaykh : No, Islam: a person may perform obedience to Allah and His Messenger in a general sense, and there may be shortcoming on his part. So the verse is general: