One of them wrote an article and mentioned that the people from the time of Adam to Noah were believers that Allah is the Creator. Is this correct?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of them wrote an article in one of the newspapers a few days ago titled "Tawhidic Perspectives," and mentioned that it is necessary for a person to look and then know, in the style of the Asha'irah. He mentioned that the people from the time of Adam to Noah were believers that Allah is the Creator. He says: So is what he mentioned dust-covered?
Answer:
Yes, it is covered with much dust after the wind has passed. The people from the time of Adam to the time of Noah were upon faith, upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah), upon the religion of their father Adam (peace be upon him). It was not tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship) only, but upon faith and tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and not the tawhid of those who said it is tawhid and lordship only. He said this.
Shirk (associating partners with Allah) occurred only among the people of Noah, but before that they were upon tawhid. This is one aspect. What is the second aspect? He mentioned that it is necessary for a person to look and then know.
No, yes, he looks at the evidence, meaning he learns, yes. But if the intention or the scholars' statement is that a person looks before he believes, this is false. The human being is created with the knowledge of Allah and the knowledge of the truth, and every newborn is born upon the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). Therefore, when a boy reaches the age of discernment, he is commanded to pray because he is upon the fitrah, and it is not said to him, "When you reach maturity, testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is..." because he is a Muslim from the origin. So those who say it is necessary to look and then believe, this is false.
Because the people are upon the fitrah, except for the one whose fitrah has changed. This is the statement of the scholars of kalam (theology). Because they say the first thing obligatory upon the servant is to look and then believe. But the Shari'ah says the first thing obligatory upon the servant is to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and to pray and fast, because he has knowledge from before, from the fitrah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of them wrote an article in one of the newspapers a few days ago titled "Tawhidic Perspectives," and mentioned that it is necessary for a person to look and then know, in the style of the Asha'irah. He mentioned that the people from the time of Adam to Noah were believers that Allah is the Creator. He says: So is what he mentioned dust-covered?
Answer:
Yes, it is covered with much dust after the wind has passed. The people from the time of Adam to the time of Noah were upon faith, upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah), upon the religion of their father Adam (peace be upon him). It was not tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship) only, but upon faith and tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and not the tawhid of those who said it is tawhid and lordship only. He said this.
Shirk (associating partners with Allah) occurred only among the people of Noah, but before that they were upon tawhid. This is one aspect. What is the second aspect? He mentioned that it is necessary for a person to look and then know.
No, yes, he looks at the evidence, meaning he learns, yes. But if the intention or the scholars' statement is that a person looks before he believes, this is false. The human being is created with the knowledge of Allah and the knowledge of the truth, and every newborn is born upon the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). Therefore, when a boy reaches the age of discernment, he is commanded to pray because he is upon the fitrah, and it is not said to him, "When you reach maturity, testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is..." because he is a Muslim from the origin. So those who say it is necessary to look and then believe, this is false.
Because the people are upon the fitrah, except for the one whose fitrah has changed. This is the statement of the scholars of kalam (theology). Because they say the first thing obligatory upon the servant is to look and then believe. But the Shari'ah says the first thing obligatory upon the servant is to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and to pray and fast, because he has knowledge from before, from the fitrah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [584 -939] كتب أحدهم مقالا وذكر أن الناس من عهد آدم إلى نوح مؤمنون أن الله هو الخالق فهل هذا صحيح.. — youtube.com
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