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such a person died a believer? People differ on this question.
Those who insist on verbal confession as a prerequisite
of belief would say that he died before fulfilling the conditions
of belief. But this is false because the Prophet - the
praise and peace be upon him - said, "Whoever has in his
heart the weight of an atom of belief will be brought forth
from Hell fire." This person's heart overflows with belief;
how then would he remain eternally in Hell fire? Furthermore
when Gabriel asked Prophet - the praise and peace be upon him-
concerning belief, the only condition set forth was to believe
in Allah and His Messenger, His Angels, His Books, the Last
Day, the resurrection of the dead, the Day of Judgement, and
in the Decrees of Allah, with good or evil, as has already
been mentioned.
The fifth degree is when a person accepts Islam in his mind and
Those who insist on verbal confession as a prerequisite
of belief would say that he died before fulfilling the conditions
of belief. But this is false because the Prophet - the
praise and peace be upon him - said, "Whoever has in his
heart the weight of an atom of belief will be brought forth
from Hell fire." This person's heart overflows with belief;
how then would he remain eternally in Hell fire? Furthermore
when Gabriel asked Prophet - the praise and peace be upon him-
concerning belief, the only condition set forth was to believe
in Allah and His Messenger, His Angels, His Books, the Last
Day, the resurrection of the dead, the Day of Judgement, and
in the Decrees of Allah, with good or evil, as has already
been mentioned.
The fifth degree is when a person accepts Islam in his mind and