فِيInالْعَقَائِدِthe doctrinesوَالْأَعْمَالِ،and actions,فَلِهَذَاfor this reasonعَظُمَthe sayingفِيinذَمِّdenouncingالإرْجَاءِ،the deferral,حَتَّىuntilقَالَsaidإِبْرَاهِيمُIbrahimالنَّخَعِيُّal-Nakha'i
In the doctrines and actions, for this reason the saying about denouncing deferral became severe, until Ibrahim al-Nakha'i said.
لِفِتْنَتِهِمْAbout their sedition--يَعْنِيmeansالْمُرْجِئَةَthe deferred--أَخْوَفُmore frighteningعَلَىuponهَذِهِthisالأُمَّةِnationمِنthanفِتْنَةِthe seditionالأَزَارِقَةِthe Azariqa
About their sedition - means the deferred - they are more frightening to this nation than the sedition of the Azariqa.
وَقَالَAnd he saidالزُّهْرِيُّal-Zuhri::مَاNothingابْتُدِعَتْwas innovatedفِيinالإِسْلَامِIslamبِدْعَةٌan innovationأَضَرَّmore harmfulعَلَىtoأَهْلِهِits peopleمِنthanالإرْجَاءِ.the deferral.
And al-Zuhri said: "Nothing was innovated in Islam that was more harmful to its people than the deferral."
وَقَالَAnd he saidالْأَوْزَاعِيُّ:al-Awza'i:كَانَwasيَحْيَىYahyaبْنِيbinأَبِيAbuكَثِيرٍKathirوَقَتَادَةُand Qatadaيَقُولَانِthey would sayلَيْسَThere is noشَيْءٌthingمِنofالأَهْوَاءِthe sectsأَخْوَفُmore frighteningعِندَهُمْto themعَلَىuponالأُمَّةِthe nationمِنthanالإرْجَاءِ.the deferral.
And al-Awza'i said: Yahya bin Abu Kathir and Qatada used to say, "There is nothing more frightening to them concerning the nation than the deferral."
وَقَالَAnd he saidشَرِيكٌShariqالْقَاضِيُthe judgeوَذَكَرَand mentionedالْمُرْجِئَةَthe deferredفَقَالَ:he said:هُمْthey areأَخْبَثُthe most vileقَوْمٌ،people,حَسْبُكَenough for youبِالرَّافِضَةِof the Rafidahخَبْثًا،the vileness,وَلَكِنَbutالْمُرْجِئَةَthe deferredيَكْذِبُونَthey lieعَلَىaboutاللَّهِ.Allah.
And Shariq the judge mentioned the deferred and said: "They are the most vile people, enough for you of the Rafidah's vileness, but the deferred lie about Allah."
وَقَالَAnd he saidسُفْيَانُSufyanالثَّوْرِيُّal-Thawri::تَرَكْتُI leftالْمُرْجِئَةَthe deferredالإِسْلَامَIslamأَرَقٌّmore threadbareمِنthanثَوْبٍa garmentسَابِرٍ.of a Sabar.
And Sufyan al-Thawri said: "I left the deferred's Islam more threadbare than a Sabar's garment."
وَقَالَAnd he saidقَتَادَةُQatada::إِنَّمَاIt is onlyحَدَثَتْthat occurredالإِرْجَاءُthe deferralبَعْدَafterفِتْنَةِthe seditionفِرْقَةِof the groupابْنِbinالأَشْعَثِ.al-Ash'ath.
And Qatada said: "The deferral only occurred after the sedition of the group of Ibn al-Ash'ath."
وَسُئِلَAnd he was askedمَيْمُونٌMaimunبْنُbinمَهْرَانَMahranعَنْaboutكَلَامِthe wordsالْمُرْجِئَةِof the deferredفَقَالَ:he said:أَنَاI amأَكْبَرُgreaterمِنthanذَلِكَ.that.
And Maimun bin Mahran was asked about the words of the deferred, and he said: "I am greater than that."
وَقَالَAnd he saidسَعِيدٌSaidبْنُbinجُبَيْرٍJubairلَذُرّto Dhurالْهَمَذَانِيُّ:al-Hamdani:أَلَاDo you notتَسْتَحِيfeel ashamedمِنofرَأْيٍthe opinionأَنْتَyou areأَكْبَرُgreaterمِنْهُ؟!than him?!
And Said bin Jubair said to Dhur al-Hamdani: "Do you not feel ashamed of an opinion you are greater than?"
وَقَالَAnd he saidأَيُّوبُAyyubالسَّخْتِيَانِيُّal-Sakhtiyani::أَنَاI amأَكْبَرُgreaterمِنthanدِينِthe religionالْمُرْجِئَةِ،of the deferred,إِنَّindeedأَوَّلَthe firstمِنofتَكَلَّمَspokeفِيinالإِرْجَاءِthe deferralرَجُلٌa manمِنْofأَهْلِthe peopleالْمَدِينَةِthe cityمِنْfromبَنِيBanuهَاشِمٍHashimيُقَالُit is saidلَهُabout him:الْحَسَنُ.al-Hassan.
And Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani said: "I am greater than the religion of the deferred, indeed the one who first spoke about the deferral was a man from the people of the city from the Banu Hashim, it is said about him: al-Hassan."
وَقَالَAnd he saidزَاذَانٌZadhan::أَتَيْنَاWe cameالْحَسَنَto al-HassanبْنِbinمُحَمَّدٍMuhammadفَقُلْنَا:and we said:مَاWhatهَذَاthisالْكِتَابُbookالَّذِيthatوَضَعْتَ؟you have written?
And Zadhan said: "We came to al-Hassan bin Muhammad and we said: 'What is this book that you have written?"
وَكَانَAnd it wasهُوَheالَّذِيwhoأَخْرَجَbrought outكِتَابَthe bookالْمُرْجِئَةِof the deferredفَقَالَthen he saidلِيto me:يَاOأَبَاAbuعُمَرَUmarلَوَدَّدْتُI wishأَنْthatكُنتُI had beenمَيِّتًاdeadقَبْلَbeforeأَنْthatأَخْرَجَI brought outهَذَاthisالْكِتَابَ،book,أَوْorأَضَعَI placeهَذَاthisالْكِتَابَ،book,فَإِنَّfor indeedالْخَطَأَthe errorفِيinاسْمِthe nameالإِيمَانِof faithلَيْسَis notكَالْخَطَأِlike the errorفِيinاسْمِthe nameالْمُحَدِّثِ،of the communicator,وَلَاnorكَالْخَطَأِlike the errorفِيinغَيْرِهُotherمِنْofالأَسْمَاءِ،the names,إِذْforكَانَتْwereأَحْكَامَthe rulingsالدُّنْيَاof the worldوَالْآخِرَةِand the Hereafterمَتَعَلِّقَةًrelatedبِاسْمِto the nameالإِيمَانِof faithوَالْإِسْلَامِand Islamوَالْكُفْرِand disbeliefوَالنِّفَاقِ.and hypocrisy.
And he was the one who brought out the book of the deferred; and then he said to me: "O Abu Umar, I wish I had been dead before I brought out this book, or placed this book, for the error in the name of faith is not like the error in the name of the communicator, nor like the error in other names, for the rulings of this world and the Hereafter are related to the name of faith, Islam, disbelief, and hypocrisy.
وَأَحْمَدُAnd Ahmadرَضِيَmay Allah be pleasedاللَّهُwith Allahعَنْهُabout himفَرَّقَdifferentiatedبَيْنَbetweenالْمَعْرِفَةِthe knowledgeالَّتِيwhichفِيinالْقَلْبِthe heartوَبَيْنَand betweenالتَّصْدِيقِthe beliefالَّذِيwhichفِيinالْقَلْبِ،the heart,فَإِنَّforتَصْدِيقَthe beliefاللِّسَانِof the tongueهُوَisالْإِقْرَارُ،the acknowledgment,وَقَدْand indeedذُكِرَmentionedثَلاَثَةُthreeأَشْيَاءَ،things,وَهَذَاand thisيَحْتَمِلُcan entailشَيْئَيْنِ،two things,يَحْتَمِلُit can entailأَنْthatيُفَرِّقَhe differentiatesبَيْنَbetweenتَصْدِيقِthe beliefالْقَلْبِof the heartوَمَعْرِفَتِهِ،and its knowledge,وَهَذَاthisقَوْلُsayingابْنِof Ibnكَلَابٌ،Kallab,وَالْقَلَانِصِيُّ،and al-Qalansi,وَالأَشْعَرِيُّand al-Ash'ariوَأَصْحَابُهُand his companionsيُفَرِّقُونَdifferentiateبَيْنَbetweenمَعْرِفَةِthe knowledgeالْقَلْبِof the heartوَبَيْنَand betweenتَصْدِيقِthe beliefالْقَلْبِ،of the heart,فَإِنَّforتَصْدِيقَthe beliefالْقَلْبِof the heartقَوْلُهُ،its saying,وَقَوْلُand the sayingالْقَلْبِof the heartعِندَهُمْto themلَيْسَis notهُوَit isالْعِلْمَ،the knowledge,بَلْbutنَوْعًاa kindآخَرَ،different,وَلِهَذَاand thereforeقَالَsaidأَحْمَدُAhmad::"},{
And Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, differentiated between the knowledge that is in the heart and the belief that is in the heart, for the belief of the tongue is the acknowledgment. He mentioned three things, and this can entail two things: it can entail that he differentiates between the belief of the heart and its knowledge; and this is the saying of Ibn Kallab, al-Qalansi, and al-Ash'ari and his companions, who differentiate between the knowledge of the heart and the belief of the heart.
فَإِنَّFor indeedتَصْدِيقَthe beliefالْقَلْبِof the heartقَوْلُهُ،its saying,وَقَوْلُand the sayingالْقَلْبِof the heartعِندَهُمْto themلَيْسَis notهُوَit isالْعِلْمَ،the knowledge,بَلْbutنَوْعًاa kindآخَرَ،different,وَلِهَذَاand thereforeقَالَsaidأَحْمَدُAhmad::"},{
For indeed the belief of the heart's saying, and the saying of the heart to them, is not it is knowledge, but a different kind; and therefore Ahmad said: "What.