What is the obligation of scholars and preachers in clarifying tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
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Question:
In our present time, what is the obligation of scholars, preachers, and orators in clarifying the perfection of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), O our Shaykh?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the head of the call is the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). The two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and the testimony that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, and tawhid in its three types: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), which exists even among the disbelievers but is not sufficient; tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), which is what is required and to which the messengers (peace be upon them) came calling; and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). In this is a refutation of[Al-A'raf 7:180] and His attributes by the Jahmiyyah, the Mu'tazilah, the Asha'irah, and the Maturidiyyah. In it is a refutation of them and a clarification of their distortion of them and their figurative interpretation of them in a manner other than what they indicate. Yes.
In our present time, what is the obligation of scholars, preachers, and orators in clarifying the perfection of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), O our Shaykh?
Answer:
There is no doubt that the head of the call is the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah). The two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and the testimony that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, and tawhid in its three types: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), which exists even among the disbelievers but is not sufficient; tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), which is what is required and to which the messengers (peace be upon them) came calling; and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). In this is a refutation of
those who practice deviation concerning His names
الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 09 من 17|أسئلة شرح كتاب التوحيد|تحقيق التوحيد|ما واجب العلماء والدعاة في بيان التوحيد؟|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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