The Ignorance of the Polytheists Regarding Worship and the Disbelief of the Communists
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The questioner:
The polytheists know that it is necessary to make worship pure for Allah, but do they know this worship that must be made pure for Allah?
The Shaykh:
They are of various categories. Most of them do not even do it, and some are obstinate, as mentioned earlier. Yes.
The questioner:
Do they all agree that worship must be made pure for Allah?
The Shaykh:
Some of them think that their calling upon the awliya (close friends of Allah) and their turning to the awliya does not make them less than Muslims, and that there is nothing wrong with it. They called upon them because they are independent, or because they are intermediaries, and they thought there was no harm in this intermediary. But the intermediary is the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that the people of Noah, the people of Hud, the people of Salih, and others committed. They all said, "We do not worship them except to bring us closer to Allah." He said, "Try not to intercede, or [seek] what is with Allah."
The questioner:
Some of the grave-worshippers and polytheists of these days may attain worship in prayer, so they do not pray to anyone other than Allah. What if they did otherwise?
The Shaykh:
This is ignorance, this is ignorance. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Isra 17:23] And Him alone worship, so fear Him. O mankind, worship your Lord, so make your prayer specific to Him. I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. Call upon your Lord with humility and in secret. Indeed, He does not forbid the transgressors. Yes. With the youth. After the youth, meaning? I do not forget.
The questioner:
They do not believe, and there is nothing, O Shaykh, and nothing about them.
The Shaykh:
He does not believe in shirk, he does not believe in morals, nor in the Lord, nor in shirk.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It does not happen like communism, like communism.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
He does not believe in his Lord or Creator, but rather life is from this world; we die and we live.
The questioner:
They are polytheists, O Shaykh. What do they associate?
The Shaykh:
This is greater than the polytheists, uglier than the polytheists. This is the disbelief of denial and atheism, meaning their disbelief is greater than the disbelief of Quraysh. The communists are atheists; they do not believe in a Lord, a Creator, or this, but their disbelief is greater.
The questioner:
I said, calling them polytheists, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
They are called polytheists because they worshipped their desires.
The polytheists know that it is necessary to make worship pure for Allah, but do they know this worship that must be made pure for Allah?
The Shaykh:
They are of various categories. Most of them do not even do it, and some are obstinate, as mentioned earlier. Yes.
The questioner:
Do they all agree that worship must be made pure for Allah?
The Shaykh:
Some of them think that their calling upon the awliya (close friends of Allah) and their turning to the awliya does not make them less than Muslims, and that there is nothing wrong with it. They called upon them because they are independent, or because they are intermediaries, and they thought there was no harm in this intermediary. But the intermediary is the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that the people of Noah, the people of Hud, the people of Salih, and others committed. They all said, "We do not worship them except to bring us closer to Allah." He said, "Try not to intercede, or [seek] what is with Allah."
The questioner:
Some of the grave-worshippers and polytheists of these days may attain worship in prayer, so they do not pray to anyone other than Allah. What if they did otherwise?
The Shaykh:
This is ignorance, this is ignorance. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُThe questioner:
They do not believe, and there is nothing, O Shaykh, and nothing about them.
The Shaykh:
He does not believe in shirk, he does not believe in morals, nor in the Lord, nor in shirk.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It does not happen like communism, like communism.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
He does not believe in his Lord or Creator, but rather life is from this world; we die and we live.
The questioner:
They are polytheists, O Shaykh. What do they associate?
The Shaykh:
This is greater than the polytheists, uglier than the polytheists. This is the disbelief of denial and atheism, meaning their disbelief is greater than the disbelief of Quraysh. The communists are atheists; they do not believe in a Lord, a Creator, or this, but their disbelief is greater.
The questioner:
I said, calling them polytheists, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
They are called polytheists because they worshipped their desires.
Source
شرح كشف الشبهات [ ابن باز ]، بداية من الفصل السابع : الرد على أهل الباطل إجمالًا وتفصيلًا — islamhouse.com (17:32)
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