What is the meaning of the phrase "the command to worship Allah alone, having no partner with Him," and is it specific or what?
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Question:
This questioner says: We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, for a detailed explanation of the statement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, which is that the foundation of the religion and its basis are two things: the command to worship Allah alone, having no partner with Him, and loyalty in this, and declaring those who abandon it to be disbelievers. Is this specific, or what? This is with an explanation of the third nullifier, "whoever does not declare the polytheists to be disbelievers," to the end of it? The Shaykh's words are clear.
Answer:
The command to worship Allah alone, having no partner with Him, this is the foundation of the religion. I was commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god but Allah, or until they say there is no god but Allah. This is the foundation of the religion. And loyalty in this, after Allah guides a person to Islam, he shows loyalty to the Muslims, meaning he makes his love for the Muslims and he hates the enemies of the religion. Loyalty and disavowal, love and hate: loyalty to the Muslims and hate for the disbelievers. This is the obligatory duty of the Muslim.
And the person who does not declare the disbeliever to be a disbeliever is a disbeliever like him, because he was pleased with disbelief, because he was pleased with disbelief, so he became like them, may Allah protect us from that.
It is obligatory for a person to declare the disbelievers to be disbelievers and to disavow them, as Allah has commanded him to do:[Al-Mujadila 58:22] Do not take My enemy and your enemy as allies, offering them affection, for they have disbelieved in what has come to you of the truth [Al-Mumtahanah 60:4]. This is how it is. Yes. It is not permissible for a person to say, "I am a Muslim, and I have no enmity toward the disbelievers; I do not hate them or oppose them." This is not permissible; this person is not a Muslim; he has not become a Muslim. The one who does not oppose the enemies of Allah is not a Muslim. Do not take My enemy and your enemy as allies, up to the words of the Exalted: [Al-Mumtahanah 60:1]
This questioner says: We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, for a detailed explanation of the statement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, which is that the foundation of the religion and its basis are two things: the command to worship Allah alone, having no partner with Him, and loyalty in this, and declaring those who abandon it to be disbelievers. Is this specific, or what? This is with an explanation of the third nullifier, "whoever does not declare the polytheists to be disbelievers," to the end of it? The Shaykh's words are clear.
Answer:
The command to worship Allah alone, having no partner with Him, this is the foundation of the religion. I was commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god but Allah, or until they say there is no god but Allah. This is the foundation of the religion. And loyalty in this, after Allah guides a person to Islam, he shows loyalty to the Muslims, meaning he makes his love for the Muslims and he hates the enemies of the religion. Loyalty and disavowal, love and hate: loyalty to the Muslims and hate for the disbelievers. This is the obligatory duty of the Muslim.
And the person who does not declare the disbeliever to be a disbeliever is a disbeliever like him, because he was pleased with disbelief, because he was pleased with disbelief, so he became like them, may Allah protect us from that.
It is obligatory for a person to declare the disbelievers to be disbelievers and to disavow them, as Allah has commanded him to do:
You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers
لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْThere has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone
قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُAnd whoever does it among you has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.
وَمَن يَفْعَلْهُ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى العبارة الأمر بعبادة الله وحده لا شريك له ، وهل هو على التعيين أم ماذا؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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