The Varying Ranks of People in Tawhid
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Question:
He has a final question in the letter he sent to you, Your Eminence Shaykh Salih. He asks: Do people differ in their ranks in tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and in its realization, or are they all in the same rank?
Answer:
As you have heard, among people there is the one who is a monotheist and there is the one who has realized tawhid. The highest rank in tawhid is the realization of tawhid. As for the monotheist, he may have some minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) or some sins and disobedience. So he is a monotheist, but he has mixed his tawhid with some defects. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He has a final question in the letter he sent to you, Your Eminence Shaykh Salih. He asks: Do people differ in their ranks in tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and in its realization, or are they all in the same rank?
Answer:
As you have heard, among people there is the one who is a monotheist and there is the one who has realized tawhid. The highest rank in tawhid is the realization of tawhid. As for the monotheist, he may have some minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) or some sins and disobedience. So he is a monotheist, but he has mixed his tawhid with some defects. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 14 / فتاوى على الهواء - 25 05 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (4:39)
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