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Iman, actions and the Hanafiyyah

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Imam Abū Hanīfah says in Al-Wasiyyah:

„Actions are other than the belief, and the belief js other than actions, the evidence for this is at many times an action is uplifted from a believer, and it is not allowed to say, 'Iman was uplifted from Him.'

So an example would be, Allah ﷻ has lifted the prayer from her (the woman on menstruation), but it I not allowed to say, 'Iman was lifted from her and [she] was commanded with leaving Iman.

As the divine law has said, 'leave the fast and repeat it after' but it is not allowed to say, 'leave Iman and repeat it after'. It is allowed to say, there is no Zakah upon the poor one, but it is not allowed to say there is no Iman upon the poor one.“

This understanding is only for the person who believes, every action that takes place, must represent the Iman [i.e. for the Khawarij].

But why was there a need of Abu Hanifah or his companions of making such deep dissection into the understanding of Iman and actions? Why could they not just stick at that what the prophet ﷺ said?

The reason for this is, just as in every other aspect in religion, we delve into a matter when the need arises. In this case it was the Khawarij who believed every action equals Iman solely, there is not an exception nor an further inquiry about the state of Iman for that person.

At the time of the prophet ﷺ they did not delve, as they had the prophet right in front of them to ask for everything related to life, less conflict was around at his time in comparison to the time of the other scholars, who had to take major steps in establishing their point.

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