What is the ruling on using the term “Wajib al-Wujud” (Necessary Being) in formulating the creed?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that the terms “Wajib al-Wujud” (Necessary Being) and “Mujib al-Wujud” (Necessitating Being) are expressions of the people of Kalam (theologians). Is it said that these terms and their use are disliked?
Answer:
If you need to use them, but on the condition that you clarify them; you must bring them up and then leave them, provided you clarify them and clarify what is intended by them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that the terms “Wajib al-Wujud” (Necessary Being) and “Mujib al-Wujud” (Necessitating Being) are expressions of the people of Kalam (theologians). Is it said that these terms and their use are disliked?
Answer:
If you need to use them, but on the condition that you clarify them; you must bring them up and then leave them, provided you clarify them and clarify what is intended by them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 386- ما حكم استعمال لفظ «واجب الوجود» في تقرير العقيدة؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.