The Indication of the Number of Chapters in the Book of Tawhid Regarding the Divisions of Tawhid
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) divide the Book of Tawhid into sixty-six chapters? Does this indicate that the Shaykh holds that the divisions of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) are equal in number to these chapters?
Answer:
Sixty-six divisions of tawhid? Who said that? That means tawhid has sixty-six types. The types of tawhid are three: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) merely explains in these chapters the things that invalidate tawhid, or diminish tawhid, or complete tawhid. This is the work of the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him): the completers of tawhid, the invalidators of tawhid, and the diminishers of tawhid. Otherwise, the divisions are three.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) divide the Book of Tawhid into sixty-six chapters? Does this indicate that the Shaykh holds that the divisions of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) are equal in number to these chapters?
Answer:
Sixty-six divisions of tawhid? Who said that? That means tawhid has sixty-six types. The types of tawhid are three: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) merely explains in these chapters the things that invalidate tawhid, or diminish tawhid, or complete tawhid. This is the work of the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him): the completers of tawhid, the invalidators of tawhid, and the diminishers of tawhid. Otherwise, the divisions are three.
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