How is disbelief in taghut (tyranny) realized?
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The questioner:
He asks: How do we realize disbelief in taghut? And does declaring the grave-worshippers of this Ummah to be disbelievers count as part of disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
How, what?
The questioner:
How do we realize disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
By holding that the worship of anything other than Allah is invalid, whether it be graves, trees, stones, or other things. We hold that it is invalid. As for the one who says, "No, they have their conviction and their freedom, the freedom of belief," this is what distinguishes between disbelief and faith, and I seek refuge in Allah, and between tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and shirk (associating partners with Allah). He says, "Every free person believes what he wants."
Meaning, the free person is not free; he is a slave. He is a created being, a slave.[Adh-Dhariyat 51:56] And the worship of Allah is the true freedom that liberates him from idols, from vices, from bad morals, from the servitude of people and the humiliation before people. It is freedom: the worship of Allah is the true freedom. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Does our declaring the grave-worshippers of this Ummah to be disbelievers count as realizing disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is no doubt, there is no doubt. Taghut is what is worshipped other than Allah, and one is pleased with that or calls to it. As for if it is worshipped and he is not pleased with it, then the taghut is the one who commanded it, and that is Shaytan. So he worships Shaytan, and he does not worship the righteous man or the prophet. What he worships is Shaytan, who commanded him to do so. As for the righteous man and the followers of the prophets, they will disavow those who worshipped them on the Day of Resurrection, saying: "We did not command them, nor did we know of their worship of us."[Saba 34:41] This means that the devils are the majority of those who believe in them, because they obeyed the devils; they became servants of the devils. Yes.
He asks: How do we realize disbelief in taghut? And does declaring the grave-worshippers of this Ummah to be disbelievers count as part of disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
How, what?
The questioner:
How do we realize disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
By holding that the worship of anything other than Allah is invalid, whether it be graves, trees, stones, or other things. We hold that it is invalid. As for the one who says, "No, they have their conviction and their freedom, the freedom of belief," this is what distinguishes between disbelief and faith, and I seek refuge in Allah, and between tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and shirk (associating partners with Allah). He says, "Every free person believes what he wants."
Meaning, the free person is not free; he is a slave. He is a created being, a slave.
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِThe presenter:
Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Does our declaring the grave-worshippers of this Ummah to be disbelievers count as realizing disbelief in taghut?
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is no doubt, there is no doubt. Taghut is what is worshipped other than Allah, and one is pleased with that or calls to it. As for if it is worshipped and he is not pleased with it, then the taghut is the one who commanded it, and that is Shaytan. So he worships Shaytan, and he does not worship the righteous man or the prophet. What he worships is Shaytan, who commanded him to do so. As for the righteous man and the followers of the prophets, they will disavow those who worshipped them on the Day of Resurrection, saying: "We did not command them, nor did we know of their worship of us."
They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allah], are our benefactor not them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم بَلْ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يكون الكفر بالطاغوت؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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