Verifying the Testimony that There Is No Deity but Allah and That Muhammad Is the Messenger of Allah
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Question:
This person is asking, may Allah bless you. Muhammad Sadiq, a resident of the Kingdom, is asking about verifying the testimony that there is no deity but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Is it obligatory to have complete faith in it in its entirety, even if there is a deficiency in some of the new Muslims in this regard?
Answer:
Verification is the highest level of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), in that one abandons major and minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), abandons bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters, and abandons sins. This is the verification of tawhid, and this is the highest level, and this is the rank of the closest of the Muslims to Allah. So not every one who affirms tawhid is one who has verified tawhid; rather, there may be a deficiency in his tawhid, but it does not reach the level of what contradicts tawhid; rather, it is a deficiency in tawhid. As for the one who completes tawhid in all aspects, he is the one who has verified it. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
This person is asking, may Allah bless you. Muhammad Sadiq, a resident of the Kingdom, is asking about verifying the testimony that there is no deity but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Is it obligatory to have complete faith in it in its entirety, even if there is a deficiency in some of the new Muslims in this regard?
Answer:
Verification is the highest level of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), in that one abandons major and minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), abandons bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters, and abandons sins. This is the verification of tawhid, and this is the highest level, and this is the rank of the closest of the Muslims to Allah. So not every one who affirms tawhid is one who has verified tawhid; rather, there may be a deficiency in his tawhid, but it does not reach the level of what contradicts tawhid; rather, it is a deficiency in tawhid. As for the one who completes tawhid in all aspects, he is the one who has verified it. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 14-10-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (14:29)
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