Abul-Hasan al-Ma'ribee affirms that action ('amal) is not a pillar of eemaan; it is only a condition for its completion. So what is your view?
Question:
"May Allah grant you goodness. There are six cassettes by Abul-Hasan al-Ma'ribee in which he affirms that action ('amal) is not a pillar of eemaan. It is only a condition for its completion. So what is your view, may Allaah reward you?"
Answer:
"Indeed, this is the inclination of Abul-Hasan al-Ma'ribee and not other than him. They will say whatever they wish and record whatever they wish, but our inclination is towards the Book, the Sunnah and towards whatever the Salafus-Saalih were upon in that action is from eemaan.
Eemaan is a statement of the tongue, a belief in the heart and an action of the limbs. Action is from eemaan, and it is not just a condition. It is the reality of eemaan which is contained within eemaan. Action ('amal) is part of eemaan and it is not a condition of eemaan. And everyone has from his statements that which is taken and that which is rejected, except the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
The Book and the Sunnah prove that action is from eemaan. "Eemaan consists of seventy odd branches. The highest of them is the statement that there is no one worthy of worship besides Allah, and that the lowest of them is to remove something harmful from the road. And modesty is a branch of eemaan."[1] So he showed that eemaan consisted of statement, action and belief. So his statement, "...the statement that there is no one worthy of worship besides Allaah," is a statement with the tongue; removing something harmful from the road is an action. So the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) made it from eemaan.
And al-Ma'ribee says that this is from the conditions!!! So which statement should we accept, the statement of al-Ma'ribee, or the statement of the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)?!! And modesty (hayaa') is a branch of eemaan, and modesty is an action of the heart. So we do not take the statements of the people, even though they may have conveyed whatever they conveyed of knowledge, if they oppose the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). So we leave that off and we take what Allaah and His Messenger say.
"And if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, then refer it back to Allah and the Messenger." [Sooratun-Nisaa' 4:59]
So this issue is extracted from that and the praise is for Allaah. And it is recorded in the books of creed, the creed of the Salafus-Saalih. The creeds of the Imaams are recorded and studied, so there is no need for the statement of this one and that one."[2]
[1] Saheeh: Related by Ahmad (2/501) and at-Tirmidhee (no. 2077) with a saheeh isnaad, from Aboo Hurayrah (radiyallaahu 'anhu).
[2] This was taken from the post of Sultaan al-Juhanee on Sahab.net, 27-01-2003.
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan
Source: Audio taken from Youtube video. Translation taken from Troid.ca.
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"May Allah grant you goodness. There are six cassettes by Abul-Hasan al-Ma'ribee in which he affirms that action ('amal) is not a pillar of eemaan. It is only a condition for its completion. So what is your view, may Allaah reward you?"
Answer:
"Indeed, this is the inclination of Abul-Hasan al-Ma'ribee and not other than him. They will say whatever they wish and record whatever they wish, but our inclination is towards the Book, the Sunnah and towards whatever the Salafus-Saalih were upon in that action is from eemaan.
Eemaan is a statement of the tongue, a belief in the heart and an action of the limbs. Action is from eemaan, and it is not just a condition. It is the reality of eemaan which is contained within eemaan. Action ('amal) is part of eemaan and it is not a condition of eemaan. And everyone has from his statements that which is taken and that which is rejected, except the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
The Book and the Sunnah prove that action is from eemaan. "Eemaan consists of seventy odd branches. The highest of them is the statement that there is no one worthy of worship besides Allah, and that the lowest of them is to remove something harmful from the road. And modesty is a branch of eemaan."[1] So he showed that eemaan consisted of statement, action and belief. So his statement, "...the statement that there is no one worthy of worship besides Allaah," is a statement with the tongue; removing something harmful from the road is an action. So the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) made it from eemaan.
And al-Ma'ribee says that this is from the conditions!!! So which statement should we accept, the statement of al-Ma'ribee, or the statement of the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)?!! And modesty (hayaa') is a branch of eemaan, and modesty is an action of the heart. So we do not take the statements of the people, even though they may have conveyed whatever they conveyed of knowledge, if they oppose the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). So we leave that off and we take what Allaah and His Messenger say.
"And if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, then refer it back to Allah and the Messenger." [Sooratun-Nisaa' 4:59]
So this issue is extracted from that and the praise is for Allaah. And it is recorded in the books of creed, the creed of the Salafus-Saalih. The creeds of the Imaams are recorded and studied, so there is no need for the statement of this one and that one."[2]
[1] Saheeh: Related by Ahmad (2/501) and at-Tirmidhee (no. 2077) with a saheeh isnaad, from Aboo Hurayrah (radiyallaahu 'anhu).
[2] This was taken from the post of Sultaan al-Juhanee on Sahab.net, 27-01-2003.
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan
Source: Audio taken from Youtube video. Translation taken from Troid.ca.
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.