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Some people have said that to confess the two phrases of the witness with the tongue is
indispensable
because it is not merely an outward expression of the inward belief, but rather the sealing of a
contract
and the commencement of a life of witness and obligation. The first position is the more correct.
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
indispensable
because it is not merely an outward expression of the inward belief, but rather the sealing of a
contract
and the commencement of a life of witness and obligation. The first position is the more correct.
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