Quotations from Shaykh al-Islam and Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the understanding of the argument.
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The questioner : Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
The issue, Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), is the issue of understanding the argument (hujjah). Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), as well as Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn 'Arabi al-Maliki (may Allah have mercy on them), said: Shaykh al-Islam stated: "And likewise, the statements for which their utterer is declared a disbeliever: it may be that the man has not been reached by the texts that necessitate knowing the truth, or they may have reached him but were not established with him, or he was not able to understand them" in the *Fatawa*. The students of the books of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) have also differed on this issue. I tried to understand it, and Allah made it easy for me to find some light quotations that I will present to you so that the matter becomes clear and more evident. Some of the Shaykh's students (may Allah have mercy on him) held that the Shaykh does not condition the establishment of the argument on understanding it, and they transmitted some quotations from him, including: "For the argument of Allah!
The issue, Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), is the issue of understanding the argument (hujjah). Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), as well as Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn 'Arabi al-Maliki (may Allah have mercy on them), said: Shaykh al-Islam stated: "And likewise, the statements for which their utterer is declared a disbeliever: it may be that the man has not been reached by the texts that necessitate knowing the truth, or they may have reached him but were not established with him, or he was not able to understand them" in the *Fatawa*. The students of the books of Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) have also differed on this issue. I tried to understand it, and Allah made it easy for me to find some light quotations that I will present to you so that the matter becomes clear and more evident. Some of the Shaykh's students (may Allah have mercy on him) held that the Shaykh does not condition the establishment of the argument on understanding it, and they transmitted some quotations from him, including: "For the argument of Allah!