The Ruling on Declaring a Specific Person a Disbeliever and Ibn Arabi’s Tafsir
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *Al-Durar al-Thaniyyah fi al-Ajwibat al-Najdiyyah* his rejection of the claim that he declared Ibn Arabi a disbeliever. We ask you to clarify this, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
Regarding the ruling on a specific individual. Ruling on a specific individual is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars. Ruling that a specific individual died in a state of disbelief. You do not know what his final state was; you do not know about it. So do not rule that a specific individual died in a state of disbelief. But you say: his statement is disbelief. And his saying is disbelief. As for whether he died upon it and that was his final state, Allah knows best. This is a matter that no one knows except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the people gave us the evidence.
The Shaykh:
Ibn Arabi’s Tafsir, and there are writings refuting it. *Tanbih al-Ghabi 'ala Tafsir Ibn Arabi* is printed, and it has a commentary by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil (may Allah have mercy on him). *Tanbih al-Ghabi 'ala Tafsir Ibn Arabi* is printed, with a commentary by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, who used to come to teach in the colleges and institutes until recently. He passed away, may Allah have mercy on him. But he was an enemy of the Sufis and the doctrine of the oneness of existence. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his book *Al-Durar al-Thaniyyah fi al-Ajwibat al-Najdiyyah* his rejection of the claim that he declared Ibn Arabi a disbeliever. We ask you to clarify this, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
Regarding the ruling on a specific individual. Ruling on a specific individual is a matter of scholarly disagreement among the scholars. Ruling that a specific individual died in a state of disbelief. You do not know what his final state was; you do not know about it. So do not rule that a specific individual died in a state of disbelief. But you say: his statement is disbelief. And his saying is disbelief. As for whether he died upon it and that was his final state, Allah knows best. This is a matter that no one knows except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the people gave us the evidence.
The Shaykh:
Ibn Arabi’s Tafsir, and there are writings refuting it. *Tanbih al-Ghabi 'ala Tafsir Ibn Arabi* is printed, and it has a commentary by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil (may Allah have mercy on him). *Tanbih al-Ghabi 'ala Tafsir Ibn Arabi* is printed, with a commentary by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, who used to come to teach in the colleges and institutes until recently. He passed away, may Allah have mercy on him. But he was an enemy of the Sufis and the doctrine of the oneness of existence. Yes.
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