What is your opinion of this statement (that the key to the call of the messengers and the essence of their message is knowing the Worshipped, Glorified and Exalted is He, by His names, attributes, and actions)?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is your opinion of this phrase: "The key to the call of the messengers and the essence of their message is knowing the Worshipped, Glorified and Exalted is He, by His names, attributes, and actions"?
The Shaykh : A drop?
The questioner :"The key to the call of the messengers and the essence of their message is knowing the Worshipped, Glorified and Exalted is He, by His names, attributes, and actions"?
The Shaykh : Some scholars have expressed this, and the Shaykh al-Islam mentioned it in the Hama Fatwa, stating that it is the essence of the divine message. However, knowing this entails or necessifies testifying that there is no god but Him, because whoever knows Allah by His names and attributes is necessarily required to affirm His oneness.
The Shaykh : A drop?
The questioner :"The key to the call of the messengers and the essence of their message is knowing the Worshipped, Glorified and Exalted is He, by His names, attributes, and actions"?
The Shaykh : Some scholars have expressed this, and the Shaykh al-Islam mentioned it in the Hama Fatwa, stating that it is the essence of the divine message. However, knowing this entails or necessifies testifying that there is no god but Him, because whoever knows Allah by His names and attributes is necessarily required to affirm His oneness.