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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Reading the Book of Tawhid in the Friday Sermon

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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. We thank Your Excellency, Shaykh Salih, for this clarification, and we ask Allah the Exalted, by His grace and generosity, to protect us and you from trials
what is apparent of them and what is concealedمَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ
[Al-An'am 6:151]
, and to keep our country, its rulers, and its scholars safe from every trial. Your Excellency, a questioner says: May Allah reward you. You know, Your Excellency, the importance of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). What if the preachers read from the Book of Tawhid by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab in the Friday sermon, such that they include a chapter from the book in every Friday sermon?

Answer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2]
And blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. To proceed: The book is not to be read verbatim from the pulpit to the people. The chapter is read, but the evidence and the words of the scholars contained therein are taken and incorporated into the sermon; they are incorporated into the sermon. As for reading it literally, this is not to be; this is not to be. This would not be a sermon; it would be a reading of the book. Reading the book takes place in lessons, lectures, and gatherings. But the sermon is a sermon, and it incorporates from the Book of Tawhid, and from other evidence, and from the words of the people of knowledge. Yes.
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