What is your opinion on singling out the ruling by what Allah has revealed and calling it tawhid al-hakimiyyah (the oneness of sovereignty)?
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Question:
In some countries, people divide tawhid (the oneness of Allah) into four categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes), and tawhid al-hakimiyyah (the oneness of sovereignty). What is your honorable opinion on this division?
Answer:
The division held by the scholars, found in the books of creed, both from the Salaf (the earliest generations) and the Khalaf (the later generations), is the division of tawhid into three categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat. Ruling by what Allah has revealed is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah; it is not singled out as a separate category. It is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah. Some say it is included within tawhid al-rububiyyah. In any case, it is included, so it is not made an independent category. This is not something that was the practice of the people of knowledge, nor is it found in the books of creed. In fact, some scholars generalize and say that tawhid has two categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah and the names and attributes, and tawhid of worship, thus generalizing it into two categories.
Some of them detail it and say there are three categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat, separating tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat from tawhid al-rububiyyah. Why? Because there was a dispute and there were deviations among the ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) groups, such as the Jahmiyyah (a sect that denied the divine attributes), the Mu'tazilah (a rationalist theological sect), and the mushabbihah (those who liken Allah to creation), so it is singled out in order to refute them. As for bringing in a fourth category, this is not known among the scholars. Also, this is a redundant conclusion because it is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah.
Because making the law of Allah supreme is worship of Allah the Exalted, so it is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah. Yes.
In some countries, people divide tawhid (the oneness of Allah) into four categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes), and tawhid al-hakimiyyah (the oneness of sovereignty). What is your honorable opinion on this division?
Answer:
The division held by the scholars, found in the books of creed, both from the Salaf (the earliest generations) and the Khalaf (the later generations), is the division of tawhid into three categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat. Ruling by what Allah has revealed is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah; it is not singled out as a separate category. It is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah. Some say it is included within tawhid al-rububiyyah. In any case, it is included, so it is not made an independent category. This is not something that was the practice of the people of knowledge, nor is it found in the books of creed. In fact, some scholars generalize and say that tawhid has two categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah and the names and attributes, and tawhid of worship, thus generalizing it into two categories.
Some of them detail it and say there are three categories: tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat, separating tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat from tawhid al-rububiyyah. Why? Because there was a dispute and there were deviations among the ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) groups, such as the Jahmiyyah (a sect that denied the divine attributes), the Mu'tazilah (a rationalist theological sect), and the mushabbihah (those who liken Allah to creation), so it is singled out in order to refute them. As for bringing in a fourth category, this is not known among the scholars. Also, this is a redundant conclusion because it is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah.
Because making the law of Allah supreme is worship of Allah the Exalted, so it is included within tawhid al-uluhiyyah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما رأيكم في إفراد الحكم بما أنزل الله وتسميته توحيد الحاكمية؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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