The Ruling on the Division of Muslims Due to the Call to Tawhid
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Question:
...its development, and strengthening the paths that attempt to rob this blessing and eliminate it. Be aware of this; this is treachery, this is scheming, this is evil that has come from our enemies. Yes. Whoever claims that the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) causes division among them, let them know the danger of the Jews and Christians. We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, for clarification. May Allah grant you success and bless your life and your deeds.
Answer:
I do not believe that Muslims are divided by tawhid. Muslims rejoice in tawhid and learn it. Only an innovator or a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) is repelled by tawhid. This is of no account. Muslims rejoice in tawhid, praise be to Allah. They learn it, accept it, and unite upon it. Their hearts gather upon it. As for the one who has hypocrisy in his heart, or doubt in his heart, or is a follower of bid'ah (religious innovation), or a follower of kufr (disbelief), he is the one who is repelled and does not want tawhid. This is of no account, of no account, and has no value.
So we do not gather people upon bid'ah, shirk (associating partners with Allah), or shuru' (innovation in religion). We gather them upon the religion, upon tawhid, and upon sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is what we want, and this is what unites people. Nothing unites people except tawhid.
As Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:[Al-Anfal 8:62-63] By what did Allah unite the Muslims? By the word of tawhid. When they said "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah) and they made their worship sincere to Allah and left shirk, their hearts gathered. Otherwise, before that, they were scattered, divided, quarreling, and fighting. So when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called them to tawhid and said "There is no god but Allah," and they believed in it and acted upon it, Allah gathered their hearts upon tawhid. And Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The end of this Ummah (the Muslim community) will not be rectified except by what rectified its beginning." No.
...its development, and strengthening the paths that attempt to rob this blessing and eliminate it. Be aware of this; this is treachery, this is scheming, this is evil that has come from our enemies. Yes. Whoever claims that the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) causes division among them, let them know the danger of the Jews and Christians. We ask you, Honorable Shaykh, for clarification. May Allah grant you success and bless your life and your deeds.
Answer:
I do not believe that Muslims are divided by tawhid. Muslims rejoice in tawhid and learn it. Only an innovator or a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) is repelled by tawhid. This is of no account. Muslims rejoice in tawhid, praise be to Allah. They learn it, accept it, and unite upon it. Their hearts gather upon it. As for the one who has hypocrisy in his heart, or doubt in his heart, or is a follower of bid'ah (religious innovation), or a follower of kufr (disbelief), he is the one who is repelled and does not want tawhid. This is of no account, of no account, and has no value.
So we do not gather people upon bid'ah, shirk (associating partners with Allah), or shuru' (innovation in religion). We gather them upon the religion, upon tawhid, and upon sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is what we want, and this is what unites people. Nothing unites people except tawhid.
As Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
It is He who supported you with His help and with the believers (63) And brought together their hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together
هُوَ الَّذِي أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ لَوْ أَنفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَّا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ
Source
الفوزان - الفتاوى المهمة لعامة الأمة — archive.org (1:05:32)
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