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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did all the prophets testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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The questioner:
And is it authentic that all the prophets testified that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?

The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, if they had not testified, they would not have been believers. How could they be prophets if they did not testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?
And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ
[Al-Anbya 21:25]
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allah and avoid Taghut."وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ
[An-Nahl 16:36]
The first thing the prophets call people to is the testimony that there is no god but Allah. The first thing they call people to is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). How could they be without testifying? This is a question that should not be said regarding the prophets. Yes.

The questioner:
You say.

The Shaykh:
Rather, it should not be said regarding the believers, so how much less regarding the prophets?
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل جميع الأنبياء شهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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