Disgust at the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) on the grounds that it divides people
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about the one who is disgusted by the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and pays no attention to it, claiming that tawhid divides people? Is such a person similar to the disbelievers whose hearts are disgusted[Az-Zumar 39:45]?
Answer:
Yes, and what prevents it? One who hates tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and speaks about it falls under the verse without a doubt. So the Muslim must leave it, because some people do not intend this; some people are naive, and when they hear people saying such things, they say, "By Allah, this is good, it is correct." But no, do you hate tawhid? One who hates tawhid is not a believer. No one who has faith in his heart hates tawhid. Nothing gathers people except tawhid; shirk (associating partners with Allah), the various forms of shirk, disbelief, and bid'ah (religious innovation) only divide them. Say, "Leave the people to gather." They will never gather on misguidance; they only gather on the truth. What gathered the nations—Arabs and non-Arabs, jinn and humans—except the word "La ilaha illa Allah" when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) called to it? When he called to it and they accepted it, they gathered. When they opposed it, they scattered, and Allah the Exalted scattered them. For this reason, Yusuf (peace be upon him) said:[Yusuf 12:39]? The One, the Subduer. [Yusuf 12:40] What is the origin, meaning [Yusuf 12:40] [Yusuf 12:40].
Tawhid is what gathers the hearts, because gathering is not by bodies, my brothers; gathering is by hearts. As for the gathering of bodies without the hearts, that is like what came in His saying:[Al-Hashr 59:14] So nothing gathers the hearts except faith, and nothing gathers the hearts except tawhid. This is what gathers the hearts, which united Bilal the Abyssinian, Salman the Persian, and Suhaib the Roman with Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman, Ali, and the rest of the Companions. What gathered them and made them loving brothers, when they were previously scattered, except tawhid? [Ali 'Imran 3:103] This is what gathers the hearts.
So the one who says, "You are dividing the people," hates tawhid, and if he hates tawhid, he is lost without a doubt.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about the one who is disgusted by the call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and pays no attention to it, claiming that tawhid divides people? Is such a person similar to the disbelievers whose hearts are disgusted
And when Allah is mentioned alone
وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُAnswer:
Yes, and what prevents it? One who hates tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and speaks about it falls under the verse without a doubt. So the Muslim must leave it, because some people do not intend this; some people are naive, and when they hear people saying such things, they say, "By Allah, this is good, it is correct." But no, do you hate tawhid? One who hates tawhid is not a believer. No one who has faith in his heart hates tawhid. Nothing gathers people except tawhid; shirk (associating partners with Allah), the various forms of shirk, disbelief, and bid'ah (religious innovation) only divide them. Say, "Leave the people to gather." They will never gather on misguidance; they only gather on the truth. What gathered the nations—Arabs and non-Arabs, jinn and humans—except the word "La ilaha illa Allah" when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) called to it? When he called to it and they accepted it, they gathered. When they opposed it, they scattered, and Allah the Exalted scattered them. For this reason, Yusuf (peace be upon him) said:
O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah
يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ أَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ اللَّهُYou worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them
مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءً سَمَّيْتُمُوهَاyou and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority
أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍLegislation is not but for Allah. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَTawhid is what gathers the hearts, because gathering is not by bodies, my brothers; gathering is by hearts. As for the gathering of bodies without the hearts, that is like what came in His saying:
You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.
تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَAnd remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers.
وَاذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَاءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْوَانًاSo the one who says, "You are dividing the people," hates tawhid, and if he hates tawhid, he is lost without a doubt.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب المريض — islamhouse.com (46:31)
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