Explanation of the author's statement: The sixth point, which is one of the most important, is keeping the Muslim away from the polytheists so that he does not become one of them, even if he does not associate partners with Allah.
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The Shaykh :"The sixth point, which is one of the most important, is keeping the Muslim away from the polytheists" What?
The student: So that
The Shaykh : Do you have "so that" like this, or "so that he does not become"?
The student: So that
The Shaykh :"Keeping the Muslim away from the polytheists so that he does not become one of them, even if he does not associate partners with Allah"
The student: So that
The Shaykh : Here, you have "so that"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...
The student : ...
The Shaykh : Clarify it, or go back... Okay, where do we take this from? Yes, the sixth point.
The student: The sixth point
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And what is its aspect?
The student: Hmm.
The Shaykh : And what is the aspect of that?
The student: Denying shirk (associating partners with Allah) for himself, even if he does not associate partners with Allah.
The Shaykh : He did not say, "And I am not a polytheist." He said[Al-An'am 6:79] because whoever is among them, even if he is not one of them, is in his appearance one of them. And for this reason, when Allah said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," the address was directed to him and to them.
"The seventh point: That tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is the first obligatory duty for the servants" Here.
The student: Then let the first thing you inform them of be the testimony that there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : ... until they make Allah one.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the eighth point. I think it passed us in the creed. Some scholars say that the first obligatory duty is reflection, or not? Did it pass us?
The student: Except
The Shaykh : And we said the correct view is that the first obligatory duty is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). The first obligatory duty is tawhid (the oneness of Allah) because the souls are innately disposed to know the Creator.
"The eighth point: That it is to be started before everything else, even before prayer" The answer is clear.
The student: That they make Allah one.
The Shaykh : No.
The student : Shaykh
The Shaykh : ... And what is the meaning?
The student: Call them to make Allah one, inform them.
The Shaykh : Inform them.
The student: Inform them that Allah has made obligatory upon them.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, correct. He made obligatory upon them five prayers in the day and night.
The student: The evidence for his saying...
The Shaykh : Yes, okay. The tenth point: That a person may be from the People of the Book.
The student: The ninth point.
The Shaykh : The ninth point: "The ninth point: That the meaning of 'that they make Allah one' is the meaning of the testimony 'There is no god but Allah'" Where from, O Hamad?
The student: Because the tawhid (oneness of Allah) of Allah, we know that the tawhid (oneness of Allah) of Allah...
The Shaykh : Where do we take this from?
The student: This is from his saying...
The Shaykh : Yes, so this indicates that they have one meaning.
The student: One meaning.
The Shaykh : That they have one meaning. And for this reason, the Companions expressed it with this once and with that once.
The student: So that
The Shaykh : Do you have "so that" like this, or "so that he does not become"?
The student: So that
The Shaykh :"Keeping the Muslim away from the polytheists so that he does not become one of them, even if he does not associate partners with Allah"
The student: So that
The Shaykh : Here, you have "so that"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : ...
The student : ...
The Shaykh : Clarify it, or go back... Okay, where do we take this from? Yes, the sixth point.
The student: The sixth point
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And what is its aspect?
The student: Hmm.
The Shaykh : And what is the aspect of that?
The student: Denying shirk (associating partners with Allah) for himself, even if he does not associate partners with Allah.
The Shaykh : He did not say, "And I am not a polytheist." He said
and I am not of those who associate others with Allah."
وما أنا من المشركين"The seventh point: That tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is the first obligatory duty for the servants" Here.
The student: Then let the first thing you inform them of be the testimony that there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : ... until they make Allah one.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, the eighth point. I think it passed us in the creed. Some scholars say that the first obligatory duty is reflection, or not? Did it pass us?
The student: Except
The Shaykh : And we said the correct view is that the first obligatory duty is tawhid (the oneness of Allah). The first obligatory duty is tawhid (the oneness of Allah) because the souls are innately disposed to know the Creator.
"The eighth point: That it is to be started before everything else, even before prayer" The answer is clear.
The student: That they make Allah one.
The Shaykh : No.
The student : Shaykh
The Shaykh : ... And what is the meaning?
The student: Call them to make Allah one, inform them.
The Shaykh : Inform them.
The student: Inform them that Allah has made obligatory upon them.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, correct. He made obligatory upon them five prayers in the day and night.
The student: The evidence for his saying...
The Shaykh : Yes, okay. The tenth point: That a person may be from the People of the Book.
The student: The ninth point.
The Shaykh : The ninth point: "The ninth point: That the meaning of 'that they make Allah one' is the meaning of the testimony 'There is no god but Allah'" Where from, O Hamad?
The student: Because the tawhid (oneness of Allah) of Allah, we know that the tawhid (oneness of Allah) of Allah...
The Shaykh : Where do we take this from?
The student: This is from his saying...
The Shaykh : Yes, so this indicates that they have one meaning.
The student: One meaning.
The Shaykh : That they have one meaning. And for this reason, the Companions expressed it with this once and with that once.