Ibn al-Uthaymeen: The Layman in His Belief and Sincerity is Better than Many ‘Students of Knowledge.’

Questioner: I want to ask you about [the periods of] slackness [a person goes through], its causes and the cure for it, because a person sometimes feels weakness in his [practice of the] religion?

Hadith Explanation: “The Religion is Naseehah…” (Sincerity, Advice)

 “أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: “الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ.” قُلْنَا: لِمَنْ؟ قَالَ: “لِلَّهِ، وَلِكِتَابِهِ، وَلِرَسُولِهِ، وَلِأَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَعَامَّتِهِمْ “The religion is Naseehah (sincerity, advice).” The people said, “To whom?” The Prophet ﷺ replied, “To Allah ﷻ and to His Book and to His Messenger and to the Leaders of the Muslims …

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