What is the ruling on discouraging people from calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and saying: “Most people acknowledge La ilaha illa Allah”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is the ruling on discouraging people from calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and saying that most people acknowledge La ilaha illa Allah?
Answer:
This is diverting people from the path of Allah. The one who discourages people from calling to tawhid is diverting them from the path of Allah and from calling to Allah the Glorious and Exalted. These are sects that have appeared recently, seeking only to gather people without looking at their beliefs or their creeds.
And this is absolutely impossible. People cannot gather except upon a creed, no matter what they say. Allah the Glorious and Exalted said:[Al-Hashr 59:14] It is only the creed that gathers people, the creed that gathered the Companions, and gathered the East and the West, and gathered the Arabs and the non-Arabs under La ilaha illa Allah. This is not possible. If they remain upon their misguided creeds, they will be scattered, even if they gather with their bodies, [Al-Hashr 59:14].
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is the ruling on discouraging people from calling to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and saying that most people acknowledge La ilaha illa Allah?
Answer:
This is diverting people from the path of Allah. The one who discourages people from calling to tawhid is diverting them from the path of Allah and from calling to Allah the Glorious and Exalted. These are sects that have appeared recently, seeking only to gather people without looking at their beliefs or their creeds.
And this is absolutely impossible. People cannot gather except upon a creed, no matter what they say. Allah the Glorious and Exalted said:
You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.
تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَYou think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.
تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [439 -939] ما حكم تزهيد الناس في الدعوة إلى التوحيد وقول: إن أكثر الناس يقرون بلا إله إلا الله؟ — youtube.com
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