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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 230
In this connection the Murji'ites have gone to the extreme, declaring
that no one who professed to be a Muslim will ever
enter Hell fire, and that a believer, even if he should sin,
is sure of salvation. We shall see to it that their position
is refuted.
The sixth degree is to say with the tongue that there is no god
except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,
but disbelieve it in his heart.
We have no doubt that the fate of such a person in the Hereafter
is with the unbelievers, and that he will remain eternally
in Hell fire. On the other hand we are sure that in this
world, the affairs of which are entrusted to imams and governors,
he will be reckoned among the Muslims, because we have
that no one who professed to be a Muslim will ever
enter Hell fire, and that a believer, even if he should sin,
is sure of salvation. We shall see to it that their position
is refuted.
The sixth degree is to say with the tongue that there is no god
except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,
but disbelieve it in his heart.
We have no doubt that the fate of such a person in the Hereafter
is with the unbelievers, and that he will remain eternally
in Hell fire. On the other hand we are sure that in this
world, the affairs of which are entrusted to imams and governors,
he will be reckoned among the Muslims, because we have