Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (11/170)

Majmu' al-FatawaIbn Taimiya

“who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend from what We have provided for them.”

“And who believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you, and are certain of the Hereafter.”

“Those are upon guidance from their Lord, and those are the successful.”

Faith necessarily entails believing that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is the Seal of the Prophets, that there is no prophet after him, and that Allah sent him to all jinn and humankind. Whoever does not believe in what he brought is not a believer, let alone one of Allah’s friends who fear Him. Whoever believes in some of what he brought but disbelieves in some is a disbeliever, not a believer, as Allah Most High said:

“Indeed, those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers and wish to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers, saying, ‘We believe in some and disbelieve in others,’ and wish to take a path in between—”

“Those are truly the disbelievers. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.”

“But those who believe in Allah and His messengers and make no distinction between any of them—He will give them their rewards. And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

Believing in him includes believing that he is the intermediary between Allah and His creation in conveying His commands and prohibitions, His promises and warnings, and what He permits and forbids. What is lawful is what Allah and His Messenger have made lawful; what is unlawful is what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden; and religion is what Allah and His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, have prescribed. Whoever believes that any of Allah’s friends has a path to Allah without following Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is a disbeliever and one of Satan’s friends.

{الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ} {وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ} {أُولَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ} . فَلَا بُدَّ فِي الْإِيمَانِ مِنْ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَهُ إلَى جَمِيعِ الثَّقَلَيْنِ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ فَكُلُّ مَنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُؤْمِنِ؛ فَضْلًا عَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ؛ وَمَنْ آمَنَ بِبَعْضِ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ وَكَفَرَ بِبَعْضِ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ لَيْسَ بِمُؤْمِنِ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {إنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيَقُولُونَ نُؤْمِنُ بِبَعْضٍ وَنَكْفُرُ بِبَعْضٍ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا} {أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ حَقًّا وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُهِينًا} {وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَلَمْ يُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ أُولَئِكَ سَوْفَ يُؤْتِيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا} وَمِنْ الْإِيمَانِ بِهِ الْإِيمَانُ بِأَنَّهُ الْوَاسِطَةُ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَبَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ فِي تَبْلِيغِ أَمْرِهِ وَنَهْيِهِ. وَوَعْدِهِ وَوَعِيدِهِ وَحَلَالِهِ وَحَرَامِهِ؛ فَالْحَلَالُ مَا أَحَلَّهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالْحَرَامُ مَا حَرَّمَهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالدِّينُ مَا شَرَعَهُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَنْ اعْتَقَدَ أَنَّ لِأَحَدِ مِنْ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ طَرِيقًا إلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُتَابَعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَهُوَ كَافِرٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءِ الشَّيْطَانِ.