![]() ![]() It is said that he is a believer because he confirmed it inwardly. There are similar disagreements about such a person. He does not speak of it or testify to it even once in his entire life. The second case concerns someone who believes in his heart and then waits a long time to testify to it even though he knows that it is necessary to do. This is the sound opinion regarding this matter. A person who believes in his heart is neither a rebel nor negligent by not pronouncing it. Others think that he is a believer who will necessarily go to the Garden according to the words of the Prophet, "Whoever has an atom's weight of belief in his heart my come out of the Fire." The Prophet only mentioned what was in the heart. Some make it a precondition that he should have completed his faith by verbal testimony. There is some disagreement about the states of such a person. One such state is when some confirms with his heart and then dies before he has had time to testify with his tongue. There are other states which lie between these two. They are not commanded to investigate such people and the Prophet forbade passing judgement on them as unbelievers and censured doing so, saying, "Why did you not split open his heart?" The difference between what is affirmed with the tongue and true belief is clarified by the hadith of Jibril - verbal testimony is part of Islam and confirmation with the tongue is part of belief. However, because they give verbal testimony, they are still judged as Muslims as far as the jurisdiction of this world is concerned, by Muslim Imams and judges who can only give judgement according to people's outward display of Islam since there is no way one human being can uncover the secrets of another. They will join the unbelievers in the lowest level of the Fire. They will not benefit by its jurisdiction in the Next World since they do not possess faith. It their consciousness does not confirm their words, it will not benefit them to say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. they lie in respect of what they say regarding what they believe and confirm. That is hypocrisy.Īllah says, "When the hypocrites come to you, they say, 'We testify that you are the Messenger of Allah,' and Allah knows that you are His Messenger and Allah testifies that the hypocrites are liars." i.e. The blameworthy state consists testimony on the tongue without confirmation by the heart. Together they lead to the complete praiseworthy state. ![]() He confirmed that belief in the Prophet implies acceptance in the heart while Islam demands articulation by the tongue. Then he asked him about belief and he said, "It is that you believe in Allah, His angels, His Books and His Messengers." It is clearer in another hadith in which Jibril is reported as saying, "Tell me about Islam." The Prophet said, "It is that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he went on to mention the pillars of Islam. The combination of confirmation in the heart with articulation of that testimony on the tongue constitutes belief in him and confirmation of him as has been related in a version of the hadith above from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, "I was commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." Corresponding to the confirmation of the heart is testimony with the tongue - that he is the Messenger of Allah. To believe in the Prophet is to confirm his Prophethood and Allah's message to him and to support him in all that he brought and said. Their reckoning is with Allah." Muslim and Al-Bukhari When they do that, their blood and their property are protected from me except for a right (they owe). Belief is not complete without it and Islam is only valid with it.Īllah says: "Whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared a blaze for the unbelievers." Al-Qur'an 48:13Ību Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said: "I was commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and believe in me and what I have brought. It is, therefore, necessary to believe in him and confirm what he brought.Īllah says, "Believe in Allah and His Messenger and the light which He sent down." He says, "We sent you as a witness and a bringer of good news and a warner so that they might believe in Allah and His Messenger." He says, "Believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet." Belief in the Prophet Muhammad is therefore a necessary obligation for every individual. The previous pages provide conclusive evidence of his Prophethood and the soundness of his message. What is Related from the Salaf and the Imams About Following His Sunnah, Taking His Guidance and the Sirah.The Obligation to Follow Him and Obey His Sunnah. ![]()
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