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pleased with him - debated with Yazid ibn 'Amirah on the subject
of belief. 'Abdullah said: "If I say that I am a believer
it will be like saying that I am in Paradise." Thereupon
Yazid ibn 'Amirah said to him, "O Companion of the Messenger
of Allah, what is belief except to believe in Allah, His angels,
Books and Messengers, as well as in resurrection and the
scales, and to perform the prayers, keep the fast, and pay
the obligatory charity. Yet we have sins which, if we knew
that they will be forgiven us, we would know that we will be
of the people of Paradise. For this reason we say that we
are believers, but we do not say that we are from the people
of Paradise." Ibn Mas'ud replied, "By Allah, you have said
the truth; this was a mistake on my part." Thus it should be
said that the Companions immersed little in the debating and
this they did for a short time and not as a long time necessity
of belief. 'Abdullah said: "If I say that I am a believer
it will be like saying that I am in Paradise." Thereupon
Yazid ibn 'Amirah said to him, "O Companion of the Messenger
of Allah, what is belief except to believe in Allah, His angels,
Books and Messengers, as well as in resurrection and the
scales, and to perform the prayers, keep the fast, and pay
the obligatory charity. Yet we have sins which, if we knew
that they will be forgiven us, we would know that we will be
of the people of Paradise. For this reason we say that we
are believers, but we do not say that we are from the people
of Paradise." Ibn Mas'ud replied, "By Allah, you have said
the truth; this was a mistake on my part." Thus it should be
said that the Companions immersed little in the debating and
this they did for a short time and not as a long time necessity