What is the meaning of the statement that disbelievers are addressed with the foundation of faith and the branches of the Shari'ah?
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Question:
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement that disbelievers are addressed with the foundation of faith and the branches of the Shari'ah?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this matter regarding whether they are addressed with the branches of the Shari'ah. There is disagreement among the scholars. They are addressed with faith; if they believe, they are then addressed with the branches of the Shari'ah. First, they are addressed with faith and Islam. Once they enter Islam, they are addressed with the prayer, the zakah, the fasting, and the Hajj. But before they become Muslim, they are not commanded to perform the prayer, the fasting, or the Hajj, because their acts of worship are not valid. Their acts of worship are not valid except after Islam and the utterance of the two testimonies of faith. This is why, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said to him: to the end of the hadith. So they are not addressed with the branches of the Shari'ah until they become Muslim.
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the meaning of the statement that disbelievers are addressed with the foundation of faith and the branches of the Shari'ah?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this matter regarding whether they are addressed with the branches of the Shari'ah. There is disagreement among the scholars. They are addressed with faith; if they believe, they are then addressed with the branches of the Shari'ah. First, they are addressed with faith and Islam. Once they enter Islam, they are addressed with the prayer, the zakah, the fasting, and the Hajj. But before they become Muslim, they are not commanded to perform the prayer, the fasting, or the Hajj, because their acts of worship are not valid. Their acts of worship are not valid except after Islam and the utterance of the two testimonies of faith. This is why, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said to him:
Let the first thing you call them to be the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If they respond to that, then inform them that Allah has made obligatory upon them five prayers
ليكن أول ما تدعوهم إليه شهادة لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله فإن هم أجابوك لذلك فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهم خمس صلوات
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى أن الكفار مخاطبون بأصل الإيمان وبفروع الشريعة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com (0:31)
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