Are there any actions specific to the heart for which a servant is held accountable, with no connection to the limbs?
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The questioner : There are two points here. The first is: Are there any actions specific to the heart for which a servant is held accountable, with no connection to the limbs?
The Shaykh : I do not think so, except for faith.
The questioner : But.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : What occurs in a person's heart, such as hating good for others.
The Shaykh: Who?
The questioner : Hating good for others.
Another questioner : Hatred.
The questioner : Is one held accountable for that?
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I am afraid, and I apologize, to agree with you on this, as it would mean contradicting what no one of us is permitted to contradict, which is His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 3435Sahih (Darussalam), Sunan an-Nasa'i 3435Sahih (Darussalam). If a person hates another and keeps it to himself, the hadith covers him. But if another person says, "I hate so-and-so," and is asked, "Why?" and he answers, "Like this," he is held accountable because he spoke. So his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): is comprehensive and exclusive, preventing us from saying that a person is held accountable for what his heart has not resolved upon.
Yes, anything else?
The Shaykh : I do not think so, except for faith.
The questioner : But.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : What occurs in a person's heart, such as hating good for others.
The Shaykh: Who?
The questioner : Hating good for others.
Another questioner : Hatred.
The questioner : Is one held accountable for that?
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. I am afraid, and I apologize, to agree with you on this, as it would mean contradicting what no one of us is permitted to contradict, which is His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Allah, the Most High, has forgiven my Ummah for whatever enters the mind, so long as it is not spoken of or put into action.
إن الله تجاوز لي عن أمَّتي ما حدَّثَتْ به أنفسها ما لم تتكلَّم أو تعمل بهso long as it is not spoken of or put into action
ما لم تتكلم أو تعمل بهUnless he speaks or acts upon it
ما لم يتكلَّم أو يعمل بهYes, anything else?
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