The Response to Those Who Are Content with Saying the Word of Tawhid (the Oneness of Allah) While Committing Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah)
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is another questioner who says: Some of the Sufis among us say,
Answer:
They say, "What are you? Are you declaring us disbelievers? We say, 'There is no god but Allah.' We say the word of tawhid." It is not about the mere utterance of the word; it is about its meaning and acting upon it. Whoever is upright upon it is among its people. But whoever says it with his tongue and is not upright upon it, rather he associates partners with Allah and worships other than Allah, then "There is no god but Allah" does not benefit him, even if he says it, because this is a contradiction. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is another questioner who says: Some of the Sufis among us say,
Answer:
They say, "What are you? Are you declaring us disbelievers? We say, 'There is no god but Allah.' We say the word of tawhid." It is not about the mere utterance of the word; it is about its meaning and acting upon it. Whoever is upright upon it is among its people. But whoever says it with his tongue and is not upright upon it, rather he associates partners with Allah and worships other than Allah, then "There is no god but Allah" does not benefit him, even if he says it, because this is a contradiction. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل فيما في الشرك والزنا واللواطة من الخبث — islamhouse.com (1:03:40)
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