Clarification that legislation is part of the oneness of Allah in sovereignty, which is singling out Allah in legislation and the like, and the Shaykh’s pointing out the error in the understanding of many young people regarding this.

The Shaykh : And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) commands us to single Him out in His worship and in His legislation. He says, for example, in His Book: [partners] in everything of that, including in legislation. And from here it becomes clear to you, O conscious, cultured Muslim youth who have had the path opened to you to know the correct Islam, from the key "La ilaha illa Allah." This tawhid (the oneness of Allah), as some scholars in the past explained and clarified in a clear manner, and as some contemporary writers followed them in explaining, necessitates singling out Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in legislation. It necessitates that no one legislates anything alongside Allah (Mighty and Majestic), whether it is small or large, humble or insignificant. For the issue is not about looking at whether the ruling is small or large, but rather at the motive behind this legislation. If this legislation came from Allah, we draw near to Allah with it. And if it came from other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic), we reject it and its legislation, rejecting it as one rejects a pomegranate seed. It is not permissible for a Muslim to draw near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with any of that. And it is even more impermissible, and even more impermissible, for the one who legislated that to continue legislating it, to persist in it, and to approve of it. This type of singling out Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in worship—excuse me, this type of singling out Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in legislation—is what some Islamic writers have today agreed to call "the sovereignty belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) alone." But, unfortunately, this word was taken here in a way that is not clear or detailed; it does not encompass all innovations or every matter introduced into Islam that is not of Islam in any way. The fact that this introduction has made the one who introduced it a partner with Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in this exclusive attribute, and has not singled out Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in His legislation, is because, in my belief, the reason for the lack of clarity of this broad meaning in the phrase "the sovereignty belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) alone" is that those who wrote about this topic—and I say this with great regret—did not write it except while they were alerting us to the pressures of the disbelievers that come to us with these legislations and laws from the lands of disbelief and misguidance. Therefore, when they called Muslims and gave lectures, they always and forever wrote around this true word, which is that the sovereignty belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) alone. Their speech always focused and revolved around rejecting these foreign laws that come to us from the lands of disbelief, as we said, because that is introducing into the Shari'ah what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has not legislated. This is a true statement, without doubt or hesitation. But my intention is to draw your attention to the fact that this important rule, which is that the sovereignty belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), is not limited only to rejecting these laws that come to us from the lands of disbelief. Rather, this phrase, this true word, encompasses everything that has entered into Islam, whether it came to us from outside or originated from within us, as long as it is not of Islam in any way. This specific point is what we must be alert to, and not just be enthusiastic about the side of these foreign laws, whose disbelief is very clear, and only be alert to that, while disbelief has entered among the Muslims for many, many centuries, and people are heedless of this reality, let alone these matters which they consider trivial. Therefore, this celebration is sufficient for you to know that it is an innovation, not of Islam in any way.