The Prophets' Call to Tawhid Before Anything Else

The questioner:
Yes. Or from Nablus, that is good. Yes. What is Your Eminence's opinion of those who say that it is necessary to speak of economic shirk (associating partners with Allah) and political shirk? Because some of the messengers called to that; Shu'ayb's call was economic, and Musa's call was political.

The Shaykh:
Glory be to Allah.

The questioner:
Then, the community is in a dangerous equation of kufr (disbelief), atheism, and communism. But today, among the Muslims, there are those who walk and pray in the mosques. Do we definitely say that they are mushriks (those who associate partners with Allah)?

The Shaykh:
La ilaha illa Allah. Everyone who prays and has no shirk (associating partners with Allah), pray in the mosques while they are praying and seeking aid from graves, fasting while seeking aid from graves, calling upon them. Their prayer comes to them, their prayer is invalid (batil). But if it is counted as a negator of the pillars of Islam, even if he prays and fasts, their prayer is not valid (sahih), meaning it is not built on a foundation. And calling upon other than Allah and seeking aid from other than Allah is shirk (associating partners with Allah), and many of the Muslims today understand Islam this way: they pray, fast, and perform Hajj, but this is not correct, and their deeds are not correct until they repent to Allah Mighty and Majestic.
As for Musa's call regarding political shirk: Musa (peace be upon him) came to Pharaoh while he was mocking the existence of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and he is . Allah, Musa (peace be upon him) came with Pharaoh's call to faith in Allah Mighty and Majestic, to faith in Allah. He said, "Who is your Lord, O Musa?" He said, "Our Lord is the One who gave every thing its creation and then guided it." How can it be political? When he came to abolish Pharaoh's call to worship other than Allah and to take a god other than Allah, this is the greatest ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) and the greatest atheism; indeed, it is impossible for all of it. And Shu'ayb (peace be upon him) came with the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) as well.
and do not short-change the measure and the scale. First, he began by saying, "Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him," then he forbade them from short-changing the measure and the scale, because this sin was apparent among them. But after he forbade them from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and commanded them to worship Allah, whoever says that Shu'ayb's call was economic is ignorant; he says this because he did not read the verse, he did not read the verse, which is the saying of the Exalted: "And to Madyan their brother Shu'ayb" like their brothers among the prophets, they said such and such, then he said, "Do not short-change the measure and the scale." Did he begin by forbidding the short-changing of the measure and the scale? He left the command of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah). When this terminology became known among some groups, whereas the people of the Sunnah and the community and the people of the correct da'wah (calling others to Islam) focus on what the prophets focused on: beginning with the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah), then after that they forbid the remaining prohibitions, minor and major sins, and they command the noble morals and the beautiful deeds, when they establish the correct foundation, which is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Yes.