The Shaykh’s report on sects that utter words of disbelief, and the detailed ruling on such speech.

The Shaykh : There are some sects or some paths that hold to the unity of existence, claiming that Allah and the created are one, and they have explicit phrases to that effect. Some of their followers defend these words by misleading the people, saying, "No, people, these words do not mean their apparent meaning; they have a meaning other than what you understand." We say: Suppose that were the case, though it is not. But is it permissible in the etiquette of the Shari'ah for a Muslim to utter a phrase that suggests a contradiction of the Shari'ah, let alone to speak a phrase that explicitly disparages the status of the Shari'ah, which is the Lord of the worlds (Blessed and Exalted is He)? The Shari'ah does not allow that at all. How can it, when He says, among other things, and I do not wish to digress, , , , and by Allah, I said it this way, but I meant it this way. No, let your intention be consistent with your words, and let your words not contradict your intention, and let your intention not contradict your words. How is it permissible to describe the Lord of the worlds with a phrase that is disbelief itself? For example, one of them says, "The dog and the pig are nothing but our god, and Allah is nothing but a monk in a church." They say this speech has a meaning that you do not understand. We say, for the sake of argument to settle the matter, suppose that this verbal disbelief at least has the meaning of explicit faith. But as a matter of etiquette with the Shari'ah, it is not permissible to say, "Allah is nothing but a monk in a church," and so on. Another says, "Everything you see with your eye is Allah." Such a phrase might indeed be subject to figurative interpretation, but this is not what the Noble Qur'an has brought to us.