I heard someone say: Did the Salaf need to single out the oneness of the names and attributes because of the existence of those who opposed them?

Question:
Doctor, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I heard some people say that the Salaf (may Allah have mercy on them) needed to single out the oneness of the names and attributes as a distinct category because of the existence of those who opposed belief in them. And we, in this time, need to add the oneness of lordship (tawhid al-hakimiyyah). Is this reason correct?

Answer:
No. The oneness of lordship (tawhid al-hakimiyyah) is included in the oneness of worship (tawhid al-uluhiyyah) on one hand, and it is included in the oneness of lordship (tawhid al-rububiyyah) on the other; it is included in both types. There is no need to single it out. We do not innovate anything that we have not preceded in, and the Salaf of this Ummah did not say it. If we opened this field, innovations and opinions would multiply. We follow the path trodden by the Imams and scholars before us, and that is sufficient for us.