The Difference Between Dividing Tawhid into Three Categories and Dividing It into Two
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Question:
This caller asks: Is there a difference between the one who divided tawhid (the oneness of Allah) into three types, some of whom presented it as three parts?
Answer:
There is no difference, because the detailed explanation amounts to three and the general summary amounts to two, because tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes) is included within tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship). However, because objections arose among the later scholars, and old ideas came along with ta'wil (figurative interpretation) and tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), and tashbih (likening Allah to creation) in the lower levels, and so on, the scholars separated it and made it an independent name. Yes.
This caller asks: Is there a difference between the one who divided tawhid (the oneness of Allah) into three types, some of whom presented it as three parts?
Answer:
There is no difference, because the detailed explanation amounts to three and the general summary amounts to two, because tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes) is included within tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship). However, because objections arose among the later scholars, and old ideas came along with ta'wil (figurative interpretation) and tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), and tashbih (likening Allah to creation) in the lower levels, and so on, the scholars separated it and made it an independent name. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [1] — alfawzan.live (55:31)
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