Explanation of the author's statement: Who is your Lord, what is your religion, and who is your Prophet?
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The Shaykh : It has been mentioned previously that belief in the Day of Resurrection includes believing in everything the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us about that will occur after death.
And among that is the trial of the grave—may Allah have mercy on you.
It has been mentioned previously who is exempt from this trial.
The trial is that the person is asked about his Lord, his religion, and his Prophet. It is said to him: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet?
The Shaykh of Islam, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), authored a small treatise titled *The Three Fundamental Principles*, which is based on these three questions: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet?
Here, the intended meaning of "Who is your Lord?" is: Who is the Lord whom you worship and whom you single out for worship, so that this word is completed, or so that this word encompasses the oneness of lordship and the oneness of worship?
He says: "What is your religion?" meaning: What is your deed by which you profess religion to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and by which you draw near to Him?
The third is: Who is your Prophet? Who is your Prophet?
The one who worships other than Allah will say: My Lord is so-and-so.
The one who professes a religion other than Islam will say: My religion is communism, for example. And the one who follows a prophet other than in the manner commanded will say: My Prophet is so-and-so.
It may be said that the disbeliever whose disbelief is known is not asked, but is punished without being asked. As for the questioning, it is either for the believer or for the hypocrite only. Yes, as will come in the answer, if Allah wills.
As for the disbeliever, the disbeliever whose disbelief is explicit, he is not asked, because his state is already known.
Yes, he says: He says, "Who is your Lord?"[Ibrahim 14:27] [Ibrahim 14:27] meaning: He makes them firm [Ibrahim 14:27] and the firm word is tawhid (the oneness of Allah), as Allah the Exalted said: [Ibrahim 14:24].
And His saying:[Yunus 10:64]. Is it connected to "firm" or to "makes firm"? It is possible that it is connected to , meaning Allah makes the believers firm in this world and in the Hereafter.
It is also possible that it is connected to "firm," so that it becomes a description of the word, meaning: that this word is firm in this world and in the Hereafter.
But the first meaning is better and closer, because Allah says:[Al-Anfal 8:45], and Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Anfal 8:12].
So they are made firm in this worldly life and in the Hereafter with the firm word.
So the believer says: My Lord is Allah. When does he say: My Lord is Allah? When he is asked: Who is your Lord? And he says: And Islam is my religion. Is that how it is with you? Or is it "My religion is Islam"?
The student: And Islam.
The Shaykh : And Islam is my religion, or he says: My religion is Islam.
And the third: And Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is my Prophet, when he is asked: Who is your Prophet?
And at that point, the answer is given.
And among that is the trial of the grave—may Allah have mercy on you.
It has been mentioned previously who is exempt from this trial.
The trial is that the person is asked about his Lord, his religion, and his Prophet. It is said to him: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet?
The Shaykh of Islam, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), authored a small treatise titled *The Three Fundamental Principles*, which is based on these three questions: Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your Prophet?
Here, the intended meaning of "Who is your Lord?" is: Who is the Lord whom you worship and whom you single out for worship, so that this word is completed, or so that this word encompasses the oneness of lordship and the oneness of worship?
He says: "What is your religion?" meaning: What is your deed by which you profess religion to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and by which you draw near to Him?
The third is: Who is your Prophet? Who is your Prophet?
The one who worships other than Allah will say: My Lord is so-and-so.
The one who professes a religion other than Islam will say: My religion is communism, for example. And the one who follows a prophet other than in the manner commanded will say: My Prophet is so-and-so.
It may be said that the disbeliever whose disbelief is known is not asked, but is punished without being asked. As for the questioning, it is either for the believer or for the hypocrite only. Yes, as will come in the answer, if Allah wills.
As for the disbeliever, the disbeliever whose disbelief is explicit, he is not asked, because his state is already known.
Yes, he says: He says, "Who is your Lord?"
Allah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter
فيثبت الله الذين آمنوا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرةAllah keeps firm those who believe
يثبت الله الذين آمنواwith the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter
بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرةHave you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِAnd His saying:
in the worldly life and in the Hereafter
في الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وفي الْآخِرَةِmakes firm
يثبتIt is also possible that it is connected to "firm," so that it becomes a description of the word, meaning: that this word is firm in this world and in the Hereafter.
But the first meaning is better and closer, because Allah says:
O you who have believed, when you encounter a company [from the enemy forces], stand firm
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed
إِذْ يُوحِي رَبُّكَ إِلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواSo they are made firm in this worldly life and in the Hereafter with the firm word.
So the believer says: My Lord is Allah. When does he say: My Lord is Allah? When he is asked: Who is your Lord? And he says: And Islam is my religion. Is that how it is with you? Or is it "My religion is Islam"?
The student: And Islam.
The Shaykh : And Islam is my religion, or he says: My religion is Islam.
And the third: And Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is my Prophet, when he is asked: Who is your Prophet?
And at that point, the answer is given.