What is the validity of the statement that the first thing a person must know is certainty in Allah?
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Question:
Some people say that the first thing a person must know is certainty in Allah. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
The one who says this has doubt in him; this is doubt. May Allah keep us safe from it. Acknowledging Allah is inherent in the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). If a child is protected, if he is protected from bad upbringing, he will grow up upon the fitrah.[Ar-Rum 30:30]. [Ar-Rum 30:30] The Muslim servant is created, the servant is created upon tawhid (the oneness of Allah), but his fitrah is changed, so his parents make him a Jew, or a Zoroastrian, or a Christian, and his fitrah is changed. Yes.
Some people say that the first thing a person must know is certainty in Allah. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
The one who says this has doubt in him; this is doubt. May Allah keep us safe from it. Acknowledging Allah is inherent in the fitrah (the innate natural disposition). If a child is protected, if he is protected from bad upbringing, he will grow up upon the fitrah.
the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created
فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَSo direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما صحة قول إن أول ما يجب على الإنسان معرفته هو اليقين بالله؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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