Chapter: When Islam is not in reality, but is based on submission or fear of being killed
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The reader: "Chapter: When Islam is not in reality, but is based on submission or fear of being killed, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Hujurat 49:14]. If it is in reality, then it is in accordance with His saying, Glorious is His mention: [Ali 'Imran 3:19]".
The Shaykh : Yes, the chapter on when Islam is not in reality, but is based on submission or fear of being killed, and he cited as evidence His saying:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] This verse was difficult for some scholars, and they said that the meaning of Islam here is outward submission.
And some of them said: Rather, it is Islam, but it has not reached the level of faith, because faith is better than Islam when one is coupled with the other. For this reason, He said here:[Al-Hujurat 49:14] And the word: its linguistic implication is that it has not entered yet, but it will enter. Accordingly, the address is to people whose faith is weak, but in their outward actions they are completely submissive, completely Muslim, but the heart has not yet been reassured by faith. And this is found frequently among the children of Adam. You find a person who has performed his outward actions in the most perfect manner, but there is something lacking in his faith; faith has not entered his heart. And this is the correct view.
And as for some scholars, they said: No, the meaning of Islam here is outward submission, and that the people are hypocrites and not upon true Islam.
And here we investigate whether there is a difference between Islam and faith, because Allah affirmed Islam here and negated faith?
It is said: As for when one of them is used in a general sense, it includes the other. And when both are mentioned together, faith is in the heart and Islam is in the limbs. For this reason, some of the Salaf said: "Faith is a secret and Islam is public", meaning that which appears from the actions of the limbs. Good.
And some scholars thought that faith and Islam are one and the same thing absolutely, and they cited as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:35-36] But there is no indication in that, because Allah said: [Adh-Dhariyat 51:35-36], so the house is the house of Lut, and it is all Muslim. Yes, even his wife, her outward appearance was Islam. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said: [At-Tahrim 66:10] meaning by disbelief, not by the sin, because He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:171], yes.
So the house of Lut is all Muslim, even his wife does not contradict this, but who was the one who was saved and went out?
The believers, and they were his family, except for the woman, for she remained and did not go out with them because she was Muslim but not a believer, Muslim in appearance but not a believer. For this reason, He said:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:36] He did not say: "So We found therein no one except a household of Muslims." He said: "Except a household," [Adh-Dhariyat 51:36], and this is a clear difference that faith is one thing and Islam is another, and this is when they are combined.
The questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,'
قالت الأعراب ءآمنا قل لم تؤمنوا ولكن قولوا أسلمناIndeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam
إن الدين عند الله الإسلامThe Shaykh : Yes, the chapter on when Islam is not in reality, but is based on submission or fear of being killed, and he cited as evidence His saying:
The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,'
قالت الأعراب ءآمنا قل لم تؤمنوا ولكن قولوا أسلمناAnd some of them said: Rather, it is Islam, but it has not reached the level of faith, because faith is better than Islam when one is coupled with the other. For this reason, He said here:
but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts
ولكن قولوا أسلمنا ولما يدخل الإيمان في قلوبكمLamma
لماAnd as for some scholars, they said: No, the meaning of Islam here is outward submission, and that the people are hypocrites and not upon true Islam.
And here we investigate whether there is a difference between Islam and faith, because Allah affirmed Islam here and negated faith?
It is said: As for when one of them is used in a general sense, it includes the other. And when both are mentioned together, faith is in the heart and Islam is in the limbs. For this reason, some of the Salaf said: "Faith is a secret and Islam is public", meaning that which appears from the actions of the limbs. Good.
And some scholars thought that faith and Islam are one and the same thing absolutely, and they cited as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(35) So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers. (36) And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمين(35) So We brought out whoever was in the cities of the believers. (36) And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.
فأخرجنا من كان فيها من المؤمنين فما وجدنا فيها غير بيت من المسلمينAllah presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them
وضرب الله مثلا للذين كفروا امرأة نوح وامرأة لوط كانتا تحت عبدين من عبادنا صالحين فخانتاهماThe example of those who disbelieve
مثلا للذين كفرواSo the house of Lut is all Muslim, even his wife does not contradict this, but who was the one who was saved and went out?
The believers, and they were his family, except for the woman, for she remained and did not go out with them because she was Muslim but not a believer, Muslim in appearance but not a believer. For this reason, He said:
other than a [single] house of Muslims.
غير بيت من المسلمينother than a [single] house of Muslims.
غير بيت من المسلمينThe questioner : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.