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What are the most prominent commentaries on the Book of Tawhid?

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Question:
We raised a question in the previous episode, Shaykh Salih, about the most prominent commentaries on the Book of Tawhid. May Allah reward you.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Since this book was written with pure intention by its author, and its subject is the oneness of Allah, Lord of the worlds, and the prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah), this book attained a high status among the people of knowledge. They taught it in the mosques, in the institutes and colleges, and in the educational institutions, and it spread, praise be to Allah, in the East and the West, especially after the advent of publishing and communication media; this book spread even more.
So Allah made it easy for him to have commentaries. The first to comment on it was his grandson, Shaykh Sulayman ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, with his book Taysir al-'Aziz al-Hamid, a commentary on the Book of Tawhid. It is a commentary rich in great knowledge, but he did not complete it. Then Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan, the grandson of the second Shaykh, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, completed the book and refined it. After that, commentaries and marginal notes on the book continued to appear, and they still do, praise be to Allah, emerging and renewing on this book.
This indicates the scholars' care for it. Many scholars have commented on it, and their commentaries have been printed and are available. Among them are many Shaykhs whose names do not come to my mind now, but their books are available. Shaykh Sulayman ibn Hamdan, the well-known scholar who passed away recently (may Allah have mercy on him), commented on it with a rich and good book that has been printed, praise be to Allah. It was also commented on by later scholars in our time, some of whom are from the people of Najd and some are not from the people of Najd, and their commentaries are available. The marginal notes.
There are many marginal notes on it, including the marginal note of Shaykh Hamd ibn 'Atiq (may Allah have mercy on him), Ibtal al-Tanndid, an abridgment of the commentary on Tawhid. And a marginal note by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him). And a marginal note by Shaykh Abu Baytin. All of them are available and printed. Praise be to Allah.
And there are many books of commentary on it, such as the commentary on the annotations of Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'di, Ibtal al-Tanndid in explaining the objectives of Tawhid, which comments on the headings of the Book of Tawhid. His student, Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him), wrote al-Qawl al-Mufid, and other comprehensive commentaries that are in the hands of people today.
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