The extent of what a Muslim must know of the religion
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner asks: To what extent must a Muslim know the religion?
Answer:
He must know what he cannot afford to be ignorant of: what Allah has made obligatory upon him, and what Allah has forbidden him. The greatest of this is knowing his Lord by His names and attributes, that He is the one who is worthy of worship, that He is the one worshipped in truth, and that everything other than Him is false. This is the minimum: knowing that Allah is the one worshipped in truth, that He is the Lord of the heavens, and that He is the Lord of the earth, the Lord of all, the Creator, the All-Knowing, the One connected with attributes of perfection. He must know what Allah has made obligatory upon him and what He has forbidden him. He should ask and reflect until he fulfills what Allah has made obligatory upon him, and until he ceases from what Allah has forbidden him.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner asks: To what extent must a Muslim know the religion?
Answer:
He must know what he cannot afford to be ignorant of: what Allah has made obligatory upon him, and what Allah has forbidden him. The greatest of this is knowing his Lord by His names and attributes, that He is the one who is worthy of worship, that He is the one worshipped in truth, and that everything other than Him is false. This is the minimum: knowing that Allah is the one worshipped in truth, that He is the Lord of the heavens, and that He is the Lord of the earth, the Lord of all, the Creator, the All-Knowing, the One connected with attributes of perfection. He must know what Allah has made obligatory upon him and what He has forbidden him. He should ask and reflect until he fulfills what Allah has made obligatory upon him, and until he ceases from what Allah has forbidden him.
Source
التوحيد فضله وأنواعه وحكمه — islamhouse.com (34:09)
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