The Meaning of Taghut
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The questioner:
He says: May Allah preserve you, what is the meaning of taghut?
The Shaykh:
It is exceeding the limit. Anything that exceeds the limit is transgression. Taghut is anything by which a servant exceeds his limit, whether it is a followed leader, an obeyed authority, or something else. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh:
In other than obedience to Allah, or obeying in other than obedience to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
He says: May Allah preserve you, what is the meaning of taghut?
The Shaykh:
It is exceeding the limit. Anything that exceeds the limit is transgression. Taghut is anything by which a servant exceeds his limit, whether it is a followed leader, an obeyed authority, or something else. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh:
In other than obedience to Allah, or obeying in other than obedience to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 19 من 22- شرح كتاب الدر النضيد في إخلاص كلمة التوحيد - الجزء التاسع عشر - شرح الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:13:28)
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