قَالَSaidمُحَمَّدٌMuhammadبِـson ofنَصْرٍNasr::حَدَّثَنَاHe narrated to usإِسْحَاقُIshaq،,أَنْبَأَنَاHe informed usجَرِيرٌJarirعَنْaboutمُغِيرَةَMughira،,قَالَHe said::أَتَيْتُI cameإِبْرَاهِيمَIbrahimالنَّخَعِيَّal-Nakha'i,,فَقُلْتُSo I said::إِنَّThat indeedرَجُلًاa manخَاصَمَنِيargued with meيُقَالُis saidلَهُto him::سَعِيدٌSaeedالْعَنْبَرِيُّthe Anbari--فَقَالَSo Ibrahim said::لَيْسَis notبِالْعَنْبَرِيِّof the Anbariوَلَكِنَّهُbut he isزُبَيْدِيٌّZubaidi--قَوْلُهُHis saying::(قَالَتِ(The Bedouins saidالْأَعْرَابُthe Bedouinsوَأَمَنَّاand we have believedقُلْSay::لَمْdid notتُؤْمِنُواyou believeوَلَكِنْbutقُولُواsayأَسْلَمْنَاWe have submittedفَقَالَSo he said::هُوَIt isالِاسْتِسْلَامُsubmission،,فَقَالَso Ibrahim said::لَاNo::هُوَit isالإِسْلَامُIslam.. وَقَالَAnd he said::حَدَّثَنَاHe narrated to usمُحَمَّدٌMuhammadبْنُson ofيَحْيَىYahya,,حَدَّثَنَاHe narrated to usمُحَمَّدٌMuhammadبْنُson ofيُوسُفَYusuf,,حَدَّثَنَاHe narrated to usسُفْيَانُSufyanعَنْaboutمُجَاهِدٍMujahid::وَقَالَتِAnd saidالأَغْرَابُthe outsidersوَأَمَنَّاand we have believedقُلْSay::لَمْdid notتُؤْمِنُواyou believeوَلَكِنْbutقُولُواsayأَسْلَمْنَاWe have submitted,,قَالَhe said::اسْتَسْلَمْنَاWe submittedخَوْفَout of fearالسَّبْيِof captivityوَالْقَتْلِand killing,,وَلَكِنَّbutهَذَاthisمُنْقَطِعٌis disconnectedسُفْيَانُSufyanلَمْdid notيُدْرِكْattainمُجَاهِدًاMujahid.. وَالَّذِينَAnd thoseقَالُواwho said::إِنَّIndeedهَذَاthisالإِسْلامُIslamهُوَisكِإِسْلَامِlike the Islamالْمُنَافِقِينَof the hypocritesلَاnotيَثَابُونَrewardedعَلَيْهِfor it.قَالُواThey said::لِأَنَّBecauseاللَّهَAllahنَفَىnegatedعَنْهُمْfrom themالإِيمَانَfaith،,وَمَنْand whoeverنَفَىnegatesعَنْهُfrom himالإِيمَانَfaithفَهُوَhe isكَافِرٌdisbeliever.وَقَالَAnd [they] said::هَـٰؤُلَـٰئِكَTheseالإِسْلامُIslamهُوَisالإِيمَانُthe faith,,وَكُلُّAnd everyمُسْلِمٍMuslimمُؤْمِنٍbeliever،,وَكُلُّand everyمُؤْمِنٍbelieverمُسْلِمٍMuslim,,وَمَنْand whoeverجَعَلَmadeالْفُسَّاقَthe sinfulمُسْلِمِينَMuslimsغَيْرَnotمُؤْمِنِينَbelievers،,لَزِمَهُhe is obligedأَنْtoلَاnotيَجْعَلَهُمْmake themدَاخِلِينَenteringفِيinقَوْلِهِHis sayingتَعَالَىthe Exalted::يَـٰأَيُّهَاO you whoالَّذِينَbelieveءَامَنُواbelievedإِذَاwhenقُمْتُمْyou standإِلَىtoالصَّلَاةِprayer﴾([المَائِدَةِ:[Al-Ma'idah: ٦]]وَفِيAnd inقَوْلِهِHis sayingتَعَالَىthe Exalted::يَـٰأَيُّهَاO you whoالَّذِينَbelieveءَامَنُواbelievedإِذَاwhenنُودِيَis calledلِّلصَّلَاةِfor the prayerمِنْonيَوْمِthe day ofالْجُمُعَةِFriday﴾([الْجُمُعَةِ:[Al-Jum'ah: ٩]]وَأَمْثَالُand similarذَلِكَthat.فَإِنَّهُمْFor theyإِنَّمَاonlyدُعُواinvokedبِاسْمِin the name ofالإِيمَانِfaithلَاnotبِاسْمِin the name ofالإِسْلَامِIslam.فَمَنSo whoeverلَمْdid notيَكُنbeمُؤْمِنًاbelieverلَمْnotيَدْخُلْenterفِيinذَلِكَthat.وَجَوَابُAnd the answerهَذَاthisأَنْthatيُقَالَis said::الَّذِينَThoseقَالُواwho saidمِنَfromالسَّلَفِthe predecessors::إِنَّهُمْthat theyخَرَجُواhave exitedمِنَfromالإِيمَانِfaithإِلَىtoالإِسْلَامِIslamلَمْdid notيَقُولُواthey sayإِنَّهُthat itلَمْnotيَبْقَremainمَعَهُمْwith themمِنَofالإِيمَانِfaithشَيْءٌanything.بَلْRatherهَذَاthisقَوْلُsayingالْخَوَارِجِof the Khawarij.وَالْمُعْتَزِلَةُAnd the Mu'tazila,,وَأَهْلُand the people ofالسُّنَّةِSunnahالَّذِينَwhoقَالُواsaid::الْفُسَّاقُThe sinfulيَخْرُجُونَthey will exitمِنَfromالنَّارِthe fireبِالشَّفَاعَةِby intercession.وَإِنَّIndeedمَعَهُمْwith themإِيمَانًاa belief.يَخْرُجُونَThey will exitبِهِby itمِنَfromالنَّارِthe fire.لَكِنَّbutلَاnotيُطْلَقُis namedعَلَيْهِمْupon themاسْمُthe titleالإِيمَانِof faith.لِأَنَّBecauseالإِيمَانَthe faithالْمُطْلَقَthe absoluteهُوَisالَّذِيthat whichيَسْتَحِقُّentitlesصَاحِبَهُits possessorالثَّوَابَreward.وَدُخُولٍand entranceالْجَنَّةِheaven.وَهَـٰؤُلَـٰئِكَAnd theseلَيْسُواare notمِنْofأَهْلِهِits people.وَهُمْAnd theyيَدْخُلُونَenterفِيinالْخِطَابِthe addressبِالإِيمَانِwith faith.لِأَنَّBecauseالْخِطَابَthe addressبِذَٰلِكَby thatهُوَisلِمَنْfor whoeverدَخَلَenteredفِيinالإِيمَانِthe faith.وَإِنْAnd ifلَمْnotيَسْتَكْمِلْهُcompleted it.فَإِنَّهُCertainlyإِنَّمَاonlyخُوطِبَwas addressedلِيَفْعَلَto doتَمَامَthe fullالإِيمَانِfaith.فَكَيْفَSo howيَكُونُcan it beقَدْalreadyأَتَمَّهُcompleted itقَبْلَbeforeالْخِطَابِthe address?!!وَإِلَّاIf notكُنَّاwe would haveقَدْalreadyتَبَيَّنَاrealizedأَنَّthatهَذَاthisالْمَأْمُورُcommandedمِنَfromالإِيمَانِfaithقَبْلَbeforeالْخِطَابِthe address.وَإِنَّمَاAnd onlyصَارَbecameمِنَofالإِيمَانِfaithبَعْدَafterأَنْthatأُمِرُواthey were commandedبِهِwith it.فَالْخِطَابُSo the address::يَـٰأَيُّهَاO you whoالَّذِينَbelieveءَامَنُواbelieved،,غَيْرَunlikeقَوْلُهُHis saying::((إِنَّمَاIndeedالمُؤْمِنُونَthe believersالَّذِينَthose whoءَامَنُواbelievedبِاللَّهِin Allahوَرَسُولِهِand His Messengerثُمَّthen
Muhammad ibn Nasr said: Ishaq narrated to us that Jarir reported from Al-Mughira, who said: I came to Ibrahim Al-Nakha'i and said: A man argued with me named Saeed Al-Anbari - Ibrahim said: He is not Anbari but Zubaidi - His statement: (The Bedouins said and we have believed: Say, 'You have not believed but say, 'We have submitted' - Ibrahim said: It is submission, not Islam. And he said: Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us that Muhammad ibn Yusuf narrated to us that Sufyan narrated from Mujahid: And the outsiders said and we have believed: Say, 'You have not believed but say, 'We have submitted,' he said: We submitted out of fear of captivity and killing, but this is disconnected as Sufyan did not attain Mujahid. Those who said: This Islam is like the Islam of the hypocrites and are not rewarded for it, they said: Because Allah negated faith from them, and whoever He negates faith from is a disbeliever. These said: Islam is faith, and every Muslim is a believer, and every believer is a Muslim, and whoever makes the sinful Muslims not believers, he is obliged not to include them in His statement: 'O you who believe, when you stand for prayer' [Al-Ma'idah: 6] and in His statement: 'O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Friday' [Al-Jum'ah: 9] and similar statements, for they are invoked by the name of faith and not by the name of Islam, so whoever is not a believer does not enter that. The answer to this is that those who said from the predecessors: that they exited faith to Islam did not say that nothing of faith remained with them, but this is the saying of the Khawarij. The Mu'tazila and the people of Sunnah who said this say: The sinful will exit Hell by intercession, and they have faith by which they exit from Hell, but they are not called by the name of faith, because absolute faith is that which entitles its possessor to reward and entry into Paradise, and these are not from its people. And they enter into the address of faith, because addressing that is for whoever has entered into faith, even if he has not completed it, for he is addressed to fulfill the completeness of faith, so how can he have completed it before the address?! Otherwise, we would have realized that this commanded from faith is before the address and only became part of faith after they were commanded with it. The address: 'O you who believe,' is different from His saying: 'Indeed, the believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, then...
وَالَّذِينَAnd thoseقَالُواwho said::إِنَّمَاIndeedالْمُؤْمِنُونَthe believersالَّذِينَthose whoءَامَنُواbelievedبِاللَّهِin Allahوَرَسُولِهِand His Messengerثُمَّthen
..., and those who said: 'Indeed, the believers are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger, then...