and whoever does not do what he has been commanded to do has not obeyed. They claim that neglecting any of these qualities is a sin, but that a person does not become an unbeliever by neglecting a single one. They also maintain that people differ in the degree of their faith, some having greater knowledge of Allah and believing Him more firmly than others, for faith increases but does not decrease. A believer loses that designation only through unbelief. This is the view of al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Najjār and his followers.

The seventh group is the Ghaylāniyyah, the followers of Ghaylān. They claim that faith consists of the second kind of knowledge of Allah, love, submission, and acknowledgment of what was brought