And after that: Faith in the names and attributes of Allah the Exalted is one of the pillars of faith in Allah the Exalted, which is faith in the existence of Allah the Exalted, and faith in His lordship
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The Shaykh :"And after that: Faith in the names and attributes of Allah the Exalted is one of the pillars of faith in Allah the Exalted" It is one of the pillars of faith in Allah because the pillars of faith are six: faith in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the divine decree, its good and its evil.
This pillar, which is faith in Allah, has three pillars: they are faith in the existence of Allah, faith in His lordship, faith in His divinity, and faith in His names and attributes.
Faith in His existence is the opposite of those who denied the existence of Allah. Does anyone exist who denies it? Yes, there are people who claim that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not exist, and that this nature interacts and forms itself without a Manager. There is no doubt in their atheism and disbelief, and no human being can stand firm upon it.
The second is: faith in His lordship, meaning His uniqueness in lordship. What is lordship? It includes three things: creation, ownership, and management. Therefore, the Creator, the Lord is the Creator, what? The Owner, the Manager. No one creates except Allah, and no one owns complete, general, comprehensive ownership except Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and no one, what? Manages with complete management, with no opponent and no one to follow up on His command, except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
As for the third: faith in His divinity, meaning His uniqueness in divinity, because you say, "There is no god but Allah," so there is no true god except Allah. As for the idols worshipped besides Allah, even if they are called gods, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:29] What? They are not a reality; they are names without a named entity. [An-Najm 53:23] And the second.
The fourth is: faith in His names and attributes, meaning His uniqueness in them. Whoever denies any name of Allah has not realized faith in Allah, and whoever denies any attribute of His has not realized faith in Allah. So faith in Allah includes four things. Say it, my brother?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The name?
The student: Badr.
The Shaykh : Badr, okay, so what does it include?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : His lordship, third?
The student: The names and attributes.
The Shaykh : Fourth. This is the third, and the names and attributes are the fourth. Okay, if he did not believe in one of them, Mahmoud, would he have realized faith in Allah or not?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He did not realize it completely. He said: "And the tawhid of Allah by this" meaning by the names and attributes, is one of the three categories of tawhid: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). These are the three categories of tawhid upon which Muslims almost agree.
First: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship).
And the second: tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship).
And the third: tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes).
This is what Muslims have agreed upon, and only a few people deviated from it in wording, not in reality, regarding the tawhid of Allah the Exalted.
Tawhid has three categories. What is the evidence for these categories?
The evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Maryam 19:65] A verse in the Qur'an. In which surah is this? In Surat Maryam.
[Maryam 19:65] This is tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship).
[Maryam 19:65] This is tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship).
[Maryam 19:65] Meaning, do you know for Him a like? One who equals Him in the perfection of attributes? This is tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes).
This pillar, which is faith in Allah, has three pillars: they are faith in the existence of Allah, faith in His lordship, faith in His divinity, and faith in His names and attributes.
Faith in His existence is the opposite of those who denied the existence of Allah. Does anyone exist who denies it? Yes, there are people who claim that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) does not exist, and that this nature interacts and forms itself without a Manager. There is no doubt in their atheism and disbelief, and no human being can stand firm upon it.
The second is: faith in His lordship, meaning His uniqueness in lordship. What is lordship? It includes three things: creation, ownership, and management. Therefore, the Creator, the Lord is the Creator, what? The Owner, the Manager. No one creates except Allah, and no one owns complete, general, comprehensive ownership except Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and no one, what? Manages with complete management, with no opponent and no one to follow up on His command, except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
As for the third: faith in His divinity, meaning His uniqueness in divinity, because you say, "There is no god but Allah," so there is no true god except Allah. As for the idols worshipped besides Allah, even if they are called gods, Allah the Exalted said:
There is none but
إن هي إلاnames you have named
أسماء سميتموهاThey are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority.
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَانٍThe fourth is: faith in His names and attributes, meaning His uniqueness in them. Whoever denies any name of Allah has not realized faith in Allah, and whoever denies any attribute of His has not realized faith in Allah. So faith in Allah includes four things. Say it, my brother?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : The name?
The student: Badr.
The Shaykh : Badr, okay, so what does it include?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : His lordship, third?
The student: The names and attributes.
The Shaykh : Fourth. This is the third, and the names and attributes are the fourth. Okay, if he did not believe in one of them, Mahmoud, would he have realized faith in Allah or not?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He did not realize it completely. He said: "And the tawhid of Allah by this" meaning by the names and attributes, is one of the three categories of tawhid: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). These are the three categories of tawhid upon which Muslims almost agree.
First: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship).
And the second: tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship).
And the third: tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes).
This is what Muslims have agreed upon, and only a few people deviated from it in wording, not in reality, regarding the tawhid of Allah the Exalted.
Tawhid has three categories. What is the evidence for these categories?
The evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
