The Duration of Learning Tawhid and Trivializing Its Status
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The Shaykh:
O Allah, I wish to connect. It is like a competition. I would like you to say to the one who claims that tawhid (the oneness of Allah) consists only of tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship): Do you say that this is tawhid? Did Allah name it tawhid al-rububiyyah in the Qur'an? You are losing out by saying this. Yes.
The questioner:
And this too, Honorable Shaykh, some people say that learning tawhid (the oneness of Allah) only requires a week or a day.
The Shaykh:
Do not say "minutes"; some people say "minutes," meaning the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spent thirteen years in Makkah, which implies that he labored by the days. This sufficiency is a trivialization of tawhid; this is their intention, to trivialize the matters of tawhid. This is among their methods.
O Allah, I wish to connect. It is like a competition. I would like you to say to the one who claims that tawhid (the oneness of Allah) consists only of tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship): Do you say that this is tawhid? Did Allah name it tawhid al-rububiyyah in the Qur'an? You are losing out by saying this. Yes.
The questioner:
And this too, Honorable Shaykh, some people say that learning tawhid (the oneness of Allah) only requires a week or a day.
The Shaykh:
Do not say "minutes"; some people say "minutes," meaning the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) spent thirteen years in Makkah, which implies that he labored by the days. This sufficiency is a trivialization of tawhid; this is their intention, to trivialize the matters of tawhid. This is among their methods.
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شرح تجريد التوحيد المفيد للمقريزي، المقدمة — islamhouse.com (1:05:41)
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