The Heads of the Taghut
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, do not mention the one who calls to the worship of other than Allah
Answer:
The Shaykh mentioned this in *Al-Usool ath-Thalathah* (The Three Fundamentals), and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned it in *Zad al-Ma'ad*. He said: "There are many taghut (false deities), and their heads are five: Iblis (may Allah curse him), the one who is worshipped while he is pleased with it, the one who orders people to worship himself, the one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed, and the one who claims knowledge of the unseen. These are the heads of the taghut." Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, do not mention the one who calls to the worship of other than Allah
Answer:
The Shaykh mentioned this in *Al-Usool ath-Thalathah* (The Three Fundamentals), and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned it in *Zad al-Ma'ad*. He said: "There are many taghut (false deities), and their heads are five: Iblis (may Allah curse him), the one who is worshipped while he is pleased with it, the one who orders people to worship himself, the one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed, and the one who claims knowledge of the unseen. These are the heads of the taghut." Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في الكهان ونحوهم — islamhouse.com (1:06:07)
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