What is the reality of the oneness of Allah in legislation (tawhid al-hakimiyyah)?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is your opinion of the one who says that the oneness of Allah in legislation is among the most specific characteristics of the oneness of Allah in worship, and cites as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:57], while knowing that he holds the fatwa of Ibn 'Abbas regarding disbelief less than major disbelief, and only says that his statement is a matter of terminology and there is no dispute over terminology?
Answer:
The oneness of Allah in legislation means ruling by what Allah has revealed. This is undoubtedly part of the oneness of Allah in worship; it is a type of the oneness of Allah in worship. Ruling by what Allah has revealed is an act of worship for Allah the Mighty and Majestic. So it is a type of the types of tawhid, the oneness of Allah in worship, because the oneness of Allah in worship includes all types of worship, all types of worship, from prayer, fasting, Hajj, charity, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and judging between people with truth. This is a type of the types of the oneness of Allah in worship. It is not that the oneness of Allah in worship is only the oneness of Allah in legislation, but rather it is one type among types. Some people say that it is from the oneness of Allah in lordship, that the oneness of Allah in legislation is from the oneness of Allah in lordship. The correct view is that it is from both, from the oneness of Allah in lordship and from the oneness of Allah in worship, because it is obedience to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and submission to Him, so it encompasses both types. This oneness of Allah in legislation, as he says, is a type of the types of the oneness of Allah in worship.
As for his saying, his evidence by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:57], he did not complete the verse: [Yusuf 12:40], since: [Yusuf 12:40]. This is the ruling of Allah, that Allah commanded that worship be for Him alone. And ruling by what Allah has revealed falls under worship, a type, as we mentioned. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is your opinion of the one who says that the oneness of Allah in legislation is among the most specific characteristics of the oneness of Allah in worship, and cites as evidence the saying of Allah the Exalted:
The decision is only for Allah
إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِAnswer:
The oneness of Allah in legislation means ruling by what Allah has revealed. This is undoubtedly part of the oneness of Allah in worship; it is a type of the oneness of Allah in worship. Ruling by what Allah has revealed is an act of worship for Allah the Mighty and Majestic. So it is a type of the types of tawhid, the oneness of Allah in worship, because the oneness of Allah in worship includes all types of worship, all types of worship, from prayer, fasting, Hajj, charity, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and judging between people with truth. This is a type of the types of the oneness of Allah in worship. It is not that the oneness of Allah in worship is only the oneness of Allah in legislation, but rather it is one type among types. Some people say that it is from the oneness of Allah in lordship, that the oneness of Allah in legislation is from the oneness of Allah in lordship. The correct view is that it is from both, from the oneness of Allah in lordship and from the oneness of Allah in worship, because it is obedience to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and submission to Him, so it encompasses both types. This oneness of Allah in legislation, as he says, is a type of the types of the oneness of Allah in worship.
As for his saying, his evidence by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
The decision is only for Allah
إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِLegislation is not but for Allah. He has commanded that you worship not except Him.
إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُLegislation is not but for Allah. He has commanded that you worship not except Him.
الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حقيقة توحيد الحاكمية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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