Advice from Shaykh Al-Albani to da'is who speak about tawhid, specifically tawhid al-uluhiyyah, and his presentation of a scientific da'wah methodology for it.
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The Shaykh : The third section is the names and attributes. It is not permissible to omit this, but to avoid stirring up some issues among the common people regarding the attributes, we do not need to expand on this topic. Rather, we pass through it quickly at first, and then we give a sensitive example that does not raise any issue at all, but rather points out a doctrinal error in which many Muslims have fallen. For example, we might say: Among the attributes of Allah is that He is the Knower of the Unseen, so He is unique in the attribute of knowing the Unseen [An-Naml 27:65]. Then we mention that many people imagine that some shaykhs, especially the Sufis, have access to what is in the breasts. This is an attribute by which Allah is distinguished, He who is the Knower of what is in the breasts, so no one shares with Him in this attribute. And here we refer to the saying of al-Busiri:
"For from Your generosity is the world and its harm, and from Your knowledge is the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen."
This tawhid related to the testimony of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in our second testimony, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. We say: Just as it is obligatory to have tawhid for Allah in the detail mentioned earlier, this testimony of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a messenger requires and obligates the Muslims to make him unique in following him, to make him unique in following him, and not to follow anyone else. And here remains a field for delving into the topic of how the common people and students of knowledge follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when they do not know[An-Nahl 16:43]. This addresses the topic of calling to the Book and the Sunnah around the testimony of "There is no god but Allah" and the testimony that "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
The questioner : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : And we ask Allah for success.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good and bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: O Allah, O Generous One.
Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah
قُلْ لَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الْغَيْبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ"For from Your generosity is the world and its harm, and from Your knowledge is the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen."
This tawhid related to the testimony of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in our second testimony, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. We say: Just as it is obligatory to have tawhid for Allah in the detail mentioned earlier, this testimony of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as a messenger requires and obligates the Muslims to make him unique in following him, to make him unique in following him, and not to follow anyone else. And here remains a field for delving into the topic of how the common people and students of knowledge follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when they do not know
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe questioner : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : And we ask Allah for success.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good and bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: O Allah, O Generous One.
Source
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