What is the definition of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) according to the theologians?

Question:
Shaykh Salih, what is the term for tawhid (the oneness of Allah) among the theologians?

Answer:
The theologians do not take their creed from the evidence, neither from the Qur'an nor from the Sunnah nor from the fitrah (the innate natural disposition); rather, they take it from the science of kalam (theology) and the science of logic. This is what they build their creeds upon. Therefore, you will not find in their written creeds any argumentation by a verse or a hadith; rather, they argue with the intellect and the constructs of the intellect. For this reason, when a child reaches puberty, they do not command him to worship, but they command him to first reflect and think, and to look at this universe until he knows tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and then worship comes after that. And this is clear misguidance.
This contradicts what came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, which is that when a child reaches puberty, he is commanded to worship, and he is not commanded to look, think, and argue as they say. This is something he knows by his fitrah (the innate natural disposition). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: they make him a Christian. They are the ones who corrupt his fitrah (the innate natural disposition). Otherwise, if it were left intact, it would turn to worship and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) along with learning. So the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) is not sufficient on its own; knowledge is necessary, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said.
The chapter on knowledge before speech and action. Then he mentioned this noble verse. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: Meaning, this Hanif religion is the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) of Allah, the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) of Allah with which He created people. They did not learn this, but their fitrah (the innate natural disposition) indicated it to them. The fitrah (the innate natural disposition) of Allah with which He created people; there is no change in the creation of Allah. That is the upright religion. But most people do not know. So this religion, the religion of Islam, is the religion of fitrah (the innate natural disposition), conforming to the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). If it is safe from changes, it remains upright on tawhid (the oneness of Allah). And learning knowledge comes to purify it and develop it. The fitrah (the innate natural disposition) is not corrupted except by a corrupter among the educators: either a Jew who makes him a Jew, or a Christian who makes him a Christian, or a Majusi (Zoroastrian) who makes him a Majusi (Zoroastrian). For this reason, it did not say "or they make him Muslim," because this is the Islamic original state. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.