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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explaining the first obligation upon the one who is accountable and the first thing to which he is called

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The questioner:
Another questioner says: What is the first obligation of the accountable person, and the first thing to which the Muslim is called?

The Shaykh:
He is called.

The questioner:
And the first thing to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) calls.

The Shaykh:
He is called.

The questioner:
And the first thing to which the Muslim is called.

The Shaykh:
The obligation upon the one who is accountable is the oneness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), which is the utterance of the two testimonies, the utterance of the two testimonies
establishment of prayer, and giving of zakahوَإِقَامَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ
[Al-Anbya 21:73]
, because he knows Allah by the innate natural disposition. For the scholars of kalam say: "First, establish the existence of Allah by rational proofs." This is false, because every newborn is born on the fitrah, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and the fitrah is Islam, as Allah the Exalted said:
So direct your face toward the correct religionفَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ
[Ar-Rum 30:43]
So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] peopleفَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا
[Ar-Rum 30:30]
. So the religion of Islam is the religion of the fitrah. The newborn is born on the fitrah, on the religion of Islam. When he reaches maturity, or when he distinguishes right from wrong—if he distinguishes, when he reaches seven—he is ordered to pray.
The Messenger did not say, "Teach them to testify that there is no god but Allah." He said:
Command your children to pray when they are sevenمروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع
, and he did not say, "Teach them 'There is no god but Allah' or the two testimonies," because they are born on the fitrah, created with that disposition. This is only the belief of the scholars of kalam. Yes.
Source 75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 11- — archive.org (1:13:01)

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