Denial and Affirmation in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “And worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him”
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In the saying of Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He,[An-Nisa 4:36]
Answer:
The meaning is clear: it is the denial of shirk (associating partners with Allah), the denial of shirk in all its types, and the denial of all that is worshipped other than Allah. Nothing is excepted. The angels have a special status, and it is permissible to worship them; the messengers have a special status; the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous have a special status. No, shirk is not permissible in any form whatsoever; it is not permissible in any form whatsoever. And all the objects of worship, all of them, are creations of Allah, weak, possessing neither benefit nor harm. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In the saying of Allah, Glorious and Exalted is He,
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًاAnswer:
The meaning is clear: it is the denial of shirk (associating partners with Allah), the denial of shirk in all its types, and the denial of all that is worshipped other than Allah. Nothing is excepted. The angels have a special status, and it is permissible to worship them; the messengers have a special status; the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous have a special status. No, shirk is not permissible in any form whatsoever; it is not permissible in any form whatsoever. And all the objects of worship, all of them, are creations of Allah, weak, possessing neither benefit nor harm. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [358- 4717] النفي والإثبات في قوله تعالى:﴿واعبدوا الله ولا تشركوا به شيئا﴾ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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