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What is your opinion of the one who says, “We have ruined the people in the name of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and emboldened them to commit sins”?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: One of the callers of the Tabligh Jama'ah said, “We have ruined the people in the name of tawhid and emboldened the people to commit sins.” This is by saying that the one who practices tawhid enters Paradise even if he has a sin other than shirk (associating partners with Allah). Tawhid, tawhid, tawhid. So how do we answer? May Allah the Exalted make it obligatory for these sinners? And the question is: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of this statement?

Answer:
This is the statement of an ignorant or misguided person. Either he is ignorant and does not know how to speak about matters of knowledge, or he knows but is misguided and wants to misguide the people. There is no doubt that shirk is the greatest of sins, and that its practitioner does not enter Paradise at all. As for the one who commits a sin, even if it is a major one and it is less than shirk, forgiveness and entry into Paradise are hoped for him. This is not from us; Allah the Exalted says:
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He willsإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ
[An-Nisa 4:48]
. And in the hadith:
Take out of the Fire whoever has in his heart the least, the least, the weight of a mustard seed of faith.أخرجوا من النار من كان في قلبه أدنى أدنى مثقال حبة من خردل من إيمانه
Tawhid guarantees Paradise for its practitioner, either at the beginning or at the end, even if he is punished.
As for the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), he has no safety ever.
They who believe and do not mix their belief with injusticeالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُم بِظُلْمٍ
[Al-An'am 6:82]
meaning by shirk (associating partners with Allah)
those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
[Al-An'am 6:82]
So the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) have safety, those who did not mix their faith with injustice, meaning shirk (associating partners with Allah). They have safety, either absolutely or in the end. As for the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah), he has no absolute safety, and he is eternal, abiding in the Fire. So this is what the one who says that tawhid (the oneness of Allah) has ruined people is saying, and may Allah protect us from that, it is a terrible statement. It is a terrible statement, a false statement. Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is what has reformed people, and it is what will save people on the Day of Resurrection from the Fire. So it is the foundation, and it is the basis. There is no comparison between sin and shirk (associating partners with Allah). Shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the greatest of sins, and there is no salvation with it. As for sins, they are under the will of Allah; if Allah wills, He will punish their owner, and if He wills, He will forgive him. And even if he is punished, his ultimate destination is Paradise.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما رأيكم فيمن يقول «إننا ضيعنا الناس باسم التوحيد، وجرأناهم على المعاصي»؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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