Explanation of what falls under the category of taghut among what is worshipped other than Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, taghut is everything that is worshipped other than Allah. Does that include what is worshipped other than Allah without their consent and without their knowledge?
Answer:
No, the meaning is that it is worshipped other than Allah and they are pleased with it. As for one who forbids it and prevents it and is not pleased with it, it does not fall under this. The prophets were worshipped other than Allah, as were the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, but they do not approve of it; they strive against their people in their lifetimes. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said when the disbelievers rejoiced in it and said, "If 'Isa is a worshipped one, his end is in the Fire," they rejoiced in that. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:[Al-Anbya 21:98-99] And He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Al-Anbya 21:101-102] And He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Az-Zukhruf 43:57-58]? Meaning, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, informed that 'Isa did not approve of it and did not command it.
And on the Day of Resurrection, he will disavow it in the presence of all witnesses:[Al-Ma'idah 5:117] So the one who does not approve of this does not fall under the verse. Yes. And he does not become a taghut. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: How do we reconcile the hadith
Answer:
Taghut is Shaytan; that is the primary meaning. Or it is a person from among the children of Adam who is worshipped while he is pleased with it; he becomes a taghut. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, taghut is everything that is worshipped other than Allah. Does that include what is worshipped other than Allah without their consent and without their knowledge?
Answer:
No, the meaning is that it is worshipped other than Allah and they are pleased with it. As for one who forbids it and prevents it and is not pleased with it, it does not fall under this. The prophets were worshipped other than Allah, as were the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, but they do not approve of it; they strive against their people in their lifetimes. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said when the disbelievers rejoiced in it and said, "If 'Isa is a worshipped one, his end is in the Fire," they rejoiced in that. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said:
(98) Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it. (99) Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it
إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَارِدُونَ لَوْ كَانَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ آلِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا(101) Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed. (102) They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا وَهُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَالِدُونَ(57) And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud. (58) And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?"
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَAnd on the Day of Resurrection, he will disavow it in the presence of all witnesses:
I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them
مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْQuestion:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: How do we reconcile the hadith
Answer:
Taghut is Shaytan; that is the primary meaning. Or it is a person from among the children of Adam who is worshipped while he is pleased with it; he becomes a taghut. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 15-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (50:20)
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