What is the ruling on the one who says that the first obligatory duty upon the servant is shirk (associating partners with Allah), then the testimony?
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Question:
The presenter says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a person says that the first obligatory duty upon the servant is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted, then looking, then the testimony, is this speaker considered a Muslim, or has he broken his tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
Answer:
He is considered mistaken, contradicting the evidence and the fitrah (the innate natural disposition); he is mistaken. As for ruling that he is a disbeliever, or this, it requires consideration. Yes.
The presenter says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a person says that the first obligatory duty upon the servant is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted, then looking, then the testimony, is this speaker considered a Muslim, or has he broken his tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
Answer:
He is considered mistaken, contradicting the evidence and the fitrah (the innate natural disposition); he is mistaken. As for ruling that he is a disbeliever, or this, it requires consideration. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم من قال بأن أول واجب على العبد هو الشرك بالله، ثم الشهادة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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