What is the meaning of disbelief in taghut?
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The questioner:
What is the meaning of disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
Tughut is anything by which a servant exceeds his limit, whether it is an object of worship, a prescribed matter, or an obeyed authority, in other than obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). It is understood from the concept of self-sufficiency, and it is transgression, that is, any love. Disbelief in taghut means abandoning it, boycotting it, or distancing oneself from it; that is, disbelief in the taghut that is worshipped besides Allah.
So the abundance of worship of disobedience and the worship of the best of people in general, to idols and others, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Mumtahanah 60:4] and [Al-Mumtahanah 60:4].
And Allah the Exalted says to His Prophet:[Al-An'am 6:79] and this is before [Yusuf 12:108] from me [Yusuf 12:108] This is disavowal of the polytheists. So disbelief in the idol means disavowal of the worship of anyone other than Allah, and disavowal likewise of the polytheists and of the worship
The questioner:
And if you resolve upon it, are the taghut defined and do they mix due to the difference in resolve, or not?
The Shaykh:
They are defined. Everything that exceeds the limits of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is a ruling of taghut, and everyone who rules by other than what Allah revealed is a taghut, and whoever calls people to worship himself is a taghut, and sorcery is among the taghut, as is everything that disrupts the matters of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and contradicts the creed, so it is among the taghut, as the scholar Ibn al-Qayyim said. The taghut, and besides its vision, are five: whoever rules by other than what Allah revealed is a taghut, and whoever calls people to worship himself is a taghut, and the head of the taghut is Shaytan (may Allah curse him), because he is the one who calls to kufr (disbelief), to innovations, and to enmity toward Allah and His Messenger. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
What is the meaning of disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
Tughut is anything by which a servant exceeds his limit, whether it is an object of worship, a prescribed matter, or an obeyed authority, in other than obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). It is understood from the concept of self-sufficiency, and it is transgression, that is, any love. Disbelief in taghut means abandoning it, boycotting it, or distancing oneself from it; that is, disbelief in the taghut that is worshipped besides Allah.
So the abundance of worship of disobedience and the worship of the best of people in general, to idols and others, Allah the Exalted said:
and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah
وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالُوا لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَآءُ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِuntil you believe in Allah alone
تُؤْمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُAnd Allah the Exalted says to His Prophet:
and I am not of those who associate others with Allah."
وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَI invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me
أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِيAnd exalted is Allah; and I am not of those who associate others with Him."
وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَThe questioner:
And if you resolve upon it, are the taghut defined and do they mix due to the difference in resolve, or not?
The Shaykh:
They are defined. Everything that exceeds the limits of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is a ruling of taghut, and everyone who rules by other than what Allah revealed is a taghut, and whoever calls people to worship himself is a taghut, and sorcery is among the taghut, as is everything that disrupts the matters of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and contradicts the creed, so it is among the taghut, as the scholar Ibn al-Qayyim said. The taghut, and besides its vision, are five: whoever rules by other than what Allah revealed is a taghut, and whoever calls people to worship himself is a taghut, and the head of the taghut is Shaytan (may Allah curse him), because he is the one who calls to kufr (disbelief), to innovations, and to enmity toward Allah and His Messenger. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى الكفر بالطاغوت؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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