The Importance of Tawhid in Calling to Allah
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh, and may He bless you and your knowledge. Our Shaykh, I have, I mean, two questions. The first question, or rather a request, is that we would like you to provide a statement on the importance of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and calling to it, especially, O our Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), since many of the callers in the Islamic world and on the widespread satellite channels known as Islamic channels have not made tawhid their priority or the foundation of their call. We would like you to say a word on this topic, that tawhid is the priority and the most important thing in the field of calling to Allah the Exalted and Mighty. Excellent. The second question is about the ja'izah (reward contract); is it permissible to conclude it in the mosque? May Allah reward you with good and may He bless you.
Answer:
The first question, which is the importance of tawhid, it is as if you did not attend the beginning of the program. No, not at all. We started the program on this matter, on the importance of 'aqidah (creed) and paying attention to it, so I hope you will review it. And praise be to Allah, attention to tawhid, especially in our lands, has a great status and continues to do so, praise be to Allah. Even though there are some who claim otherwise and want to displace 'aqidah, but these are doomed, if Allah wills. The leaders of our affairs do not compromise on their 'aqidah or on the protection of their lands.
And the correct 'aqidah is the safety valve. Allah the Exalted and Mighty said:[An-Nur 24:55] If they worship Him and do not associate anything with Him, and Allah will provide them with security and stability. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh, and may He bless you and your knowledge. Our Shaykh, I have, I mean, two questions. The first question, or rather a request, is that we would like you to provide a statement on the importance of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and calling to it, especially, O our Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), since many of the callers in the Islamic world and on the widespread satellite channels known as Islamic channels have not made tawhid their priority or the foundation of their call. We would like you to say a word on this topic, that tawhid is the priority and the most important thing in the field of calling to Allah the Exalted and Mighty. Excellent. The second question is about the ja'izah (reward contract); is it permissible to conclude it in the mosque? May Allah reward you with good and may He bless you.
Answer:
The first question, which is the importance of tawhid, it is as if you did not attend the beginning of the program. No, not at all. We started the program on this matter, on the importance of 'aqidah (creed) and paying attention to it, so I hope you will review it. And praise be to Allah, attention to tawhid, especially in our lands, has a great status and continues to do so, praise be to Allah. Even though there are some who claim otherwise and want to displace 'aqidah, but these are doomed, if Allah wills. The leaders of our affairs do not compromise on their 'aqidah or on the protection of their lands.
And the correct 'aqidah is the safety valve. Allah the Exalted and Mighty said:
Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me
وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّن بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا يَعْبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (002) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1432-06-14] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (36:23)
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