Regarding The Refutation Of Al-Irjā'
Darussalam · Volume 5
39. THE BOOK OFTHE SUNNAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4676 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 219
Source no. 4676 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح ابن ماجة (٥٧)
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4676. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Faith has seventy-some odd branches, the most virtuous of which is saying Lā ilāha illallāh, and the least of which is removing bones from the road. And modesty is a branch of faith." (Sahih)
4676 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ: أَفْضَلُهَا قَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الْعَظْمِ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ، وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ "
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Al-Irjā' means: "defer" or "hope." Al-Murji'ah is the name of the people who believe that the commission of a sin will not cause any harm to one's faith, just like the commission of an act of faith is of no benefit to a disbeliever. So they are described as such due to their belief that Allāh will defer punishment from the disobedient person. It was also used earlier, to refer to those who deferred judgment between the two sides of dispute after 'Uthmān, may Allāh be pleased with him. (See Hadī As-Sārī the introduction to Faṭh Al-Bārī, near the end of the ninth section.) According to the majority of the early and later scholars, Imān includes actions, while it became a popular Murjī'ah belief that actions were not included in Faith. So these narrations prove that actions are included in Faith.