The Way of the People of the Sunnah and the Group About the Faith, by Dr Sâlih Ibn Fawzân Al Fawzân

No Muslim is unaware of the importance of faith, its greatness and above all its many advantages from which the believer benefits both in this lower world and in the hereafter, but much more than that the good in this lower world and in the future life is obtained only by the way of true faith. It is the best request one can claim and the best goal one can achieve. It allows the servant of Allah to lead a happy life, to be spared from all execrations and calamities and to benefit from the rewards of the hereafter, from his eternal favors and above all from his permanent benefits.

Allah (the Exalted) says [meaning of the verses]: “Whoever, male or female, does a good deed while being a believer, We will make him live a good life. And We will certainly reward them according to the best of their deeds.” [An-Nahl: 97] 11 (the Exalted) also says: "And those who seek the hereafter and exert efforts leading thereto, while being believers...then the effort of such will be recognized." [Al-Isff: 19], He (the Exalted) also says: "And whoever comes to Him believing, after having done good works, these are then those who will have the highest ranks." [Tâ-Hâ: 75]. 11 (the Exalted) says [at last]: "Those who believe and do good works shall have the gardens of Firdaws (Paradise) as their residence, where they shall dwell forever, desiring no change." [Al-Kahf: 107,108]. Many verses of the Noble Qur'an point in this direction.

For this it should be established for every Muslim and clear for every believer that dogma is not a subject on which it is allowed to give one's own opinion or to debate and that it is imperative for every Muslim to East and West to have a dogma consistent with that of the Prophets and Messengers. He must believe in the fundamental principles to which they have called, without uncertainty or hesitation.