The ruling on one who says: “Allah is the Necessary Existent” and “created things are possible existents”
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The questioner : Dr. Sa'd. Some people say that existing things are possible in their existence.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by “possible”?
The questioner : Some say that created things are possible existents, deriving their existence from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the Necessary Existent. So in reality, nothing exists except Allah. Do these people, in this statement, truly differ from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
The Shaykh : They do not differ from them at all, except only in the description. As long as he says that the thing is one, but this is the Necessary Existent and this is possible, we do not declare them disbelievers.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by “possible”?
The questioner : Some say that created things are possible existents, deriving their existence from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, the Necessary Existent. So in reality, nothing exists except Allah. Do these people, in this statement, truly differ from the people of tawhid (the oneness of Allah)?
The Shaykh : They do not differ from them at all, except only in the description. As long as he says that the thing is one, but this is the Necessary Existent and this is possible, we do not declare them disbelievers.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [246] حكم من يقول: (إن الله واجب الوجود) و(أن المخلوقات ممكنة الوجود) - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com
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