then he mentioned (7/254) that Imām Aḥmad was asked about the disbelief mentioned in it. He said: disbelief that does not remove one from faith, just as faith is in parts, so too is disbelief, until something comes from it that is not disputed. And he said (7/312): "And if it is from the sayings of the predecessors that a person can have both faith and hypocrisy, then likewise in their saying that a person can have both faith and disbelief, and it is not the disbelief that removes one from the religion, as Ibn ʿAbbās and his companions said regarding the verse: *'And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed, then they are the disbelievers'* (Sūrah al-Māʾidah, verse 44), they said: disbelief that does not remove one from the religion. Aḥmad and other Imāms of the Sunnah followed them in this."

"Whoever sets out for ḥajj and dies, Allāh will write for him the reward of the pilgrim until the Day of Resurrection, and whoever sets out for ʿumrah and dies, Allāh will write for him the reward of the one performing ʿumrah until the Day of Resurrection, and whoever sets out as a warrior in the path of Allāh and dies, Allāh will write for him the reward of the warrior until the Day of Resurrection." It was recorded by Abū Yaʿlá in his "Musnad" (4/1505): Ibrāhīm ibn Ziyād - Sablān - narrated to us: Abū Muʿāwiyah informed us, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq informed us from Jamīl ibn Abī Maimūnah from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yazīd al-Laythī from Abū Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: and he mentioned it. Al-Ṭabarānī, the ḥāfiẓ, followed Abū Yaʿlá in "al-Awsaṭ" (2/24/2/5454): Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī said: Ibrāhīm ibn Ziyād - Sablān - informed us of it. And he said: "Abū Muʿāwiyah was unique in narrating it." And through his route, it was recorded by Ibn Abī Ḥātim in "al-ʿIlal" (1/326-327) and al-Bayhaqī in "al-Shuʿab" (3/474)