Is the disagreement between the people of the Sunnah and the Hanafis regarding faith merely verbal?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
The statement of the Shaykh al-Islam: Is the disagreement between us and the Hanafis verbal?
Answer:
I have not seen this from the Shaykh al-Islam. I think Ibn Abi al-‘Izz mentioned it, either from himself or from someone else, but it is not correct. It is not verbal; rather, it is a substantive difference. If they say that with complete faith one deserves Paradise, that is a difference; it is not verbal. However, if they say that he does not deserve Paradise, that it is suspended, that his faith is not complete, and that he is in danger, that becomes verbal. But if they say that it is not part of faith, and that it is merely perfection, that is a great error.
The statement of the Shaykh al-Islam: Is the disagreement between us and the Hanafis verbal?
Answer:
I have not seen this from the Shaykh al-Islam. I think Ibn Abi al-‘Izz mentioned it, either from himself or from someone else, but it is not correct. It is not verbal; rather, it is a substantive difference. If they say that with complete faith one deserves Paradise, that is a difference; it is not verbal. However, if they say that he does not deserve Paradise, that it is suspended, that his faith is not complete, and that he is in danger, that becomes verbal. But if they say that it is not part of faith, and that it is merely perfection, that is a great error.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.