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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The claim that the division of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) has no evidence in the Book or the Sunnah

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Question:
A questioner says: There are those who say that tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes) have no evidence from the Book of Allah or from the Sunnah, and that this division is the invention of, as they say, the invention of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), and that no one preceded him in this. We ask you to answer with evidence.

Answer:
This is the speech of an atheist, may Allah protect us from that; it is the speech of an atheist. No Muslim says this, no sane Muslim ever says this. This is an atheist, a Saniq, may Allah protect us from that. It means that the entire Qur'an did not speak about tawhid. The verses that speak about the actions of Allah are tawhid al-rububiyyah. The verses that speak about worship are tawhid al-uluhiyyah. The verses that speak about the names of Allah and His attributes are tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat.
(1) Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, (2) The Sovereign of mankind. (3) The God of mankind,قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ
[An-Nas 114:1-3]
, Surat al-Fatihah contains the types of tawhid.
(2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - (3) The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, (4) Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. (5) It is You we worship and You we ask for help.الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
[Al-Fatihah 1:2-5]
, it contains the three types of tawhid. But does he know what he is doing, or does he want to mislead, may Allah protect us from that? The scholars did not derive these divisions from themselves; they took them from the Qur'an. So the verses that speak about Allah, His management, His creation, and His bringing into existence—these are in tawhid al-rububiyyah. The verses that speak about worship, the command to worship, and its sincerity to Allah—these are in tawhid al-uluhiyyah. The verses that speak about the names of Allah and His attributes—these are in tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat. But does he understand this Qur'an, or does he understand it but he lies, may Allah protect us from that? Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is the one who said this? No, it is Allah who said this in His clear Book. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 01 من 04/شرح كتاب نواقض الإسلام (شرح ثان مختصر)/من الأول إلى الرابع/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (37:46)

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