Is it permissible to apply the description of a believer to one who has committed a sin?
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The questioner: Is he not a believer in an absolute sense?
The Shaykh: No, we do not say he is not a believer. We say he is a believer, and faith is divisible.
The questioner: In an absolute sense, my Shaykh, is he simply a believer? Is that permissible?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: My Shaykh, is it permissible for one of us to say about himself, "I am a believer"?
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner: It is permissible, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: No.
The Shaykh: No, we do not say he is not a believer. We say he is a believer, and faith is divisible.
The questioner: In an absolute sense, my Shaykh, is he simply a believer? Is that permissible?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: My Shaykh, is it permissible for one of us to say about himself, "I am a believer"?
The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The questioner: It is permissible, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: No.
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