A Response to Those Who Likened the Agreement Between the Da'wah and the Imamate to the Separation of Religion from the State
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. How do we respond to those who say that the agreement made between Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Prince Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on them both with a vast mercy) is similar to what happened in Europe regarding the separation of religion from the state and the emergence of secularism, where the church relinquished religious authority and the sections of political authority were relinquished? How do we respond to that?
Answer:
This requires a response. This is a false statement, and this is an exposed statement, may Allah protect us from it. We do not engage in refuting it, and it is not worth responding to this statement. It is false from its very foundation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. How do we respond to those who say that the agreement made between Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Prince Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on them both with a vast mercy) is similar to what happened in Europe regarding the separation of religion from the state and the emergence of secularism, where the church relinquished religious authority and the sections of political authority were relinquished? How do we respond to that?
Answer:
This requires a response. This is a false statement, and this is an exposed statement, may Allah protect us from it. We do not engage in refuting it, and it is not worth responding to this statement. It is false from its very foundation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 08 من 16 / شرح مسائل الجاهلية / المسألة الخامسة والثلاثون/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (58:06)
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