The Denial of any partner for Allaah will not be complete except by negating three types of shirk – Shyakh Albani | Dawud Burbank [Audio|En]

Aqeedah Tahawiyyah : Lesson 02

[Point 2] نقول في توحيد الله معتقدين بتوفيق الله‏:‏ إن الله واحدٌ لا شريك له‏.‏

 We say with regard to the tawheed of Allaah, holding as our creed and belief, due to the tawfeeq (guidance, correctness) granted by Allaah, that: Allaah is One, having no partner

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[1] Translator’s Side Point: Shaykh Al-Albaanee rahimahullaah says regarding the last phrase “having no partner” – denial of any partner for Allaah the Most High will not be complete except by negating/denying three types of shirk.

Firstly: By denying shirk in Allaah’s Lordship; which is to believe that there is another creator along with Allaah, He the Perfect and Most High, as is the belief of the Magians – those who say that evil has a creator besides Allaah the Perfect. And this type of shirk is something very rare in this Ummah and all praise is for Allaah, even though the saying of the Mu`tazilah is very close to it – their saying that evil is the creation of the person; and this fact is indicated by the saying of the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam,

القدرية مجوس هذه الأمة

“The Qadariyyah are the Magians of this Ummah…” the hadeeth.

Secondly: It is shirk with regard to worship; which is, that a person worships someone along with Allaah – someone from the prophets or the righteous such as calling upon them for relief and calling upon them at times of hardship and so on. And this, regretfully, is present a great deal in this Ummah. And the major part of responsibility for it is borne by those shaykhs who support this type of shirk by giving it the name of tawassul (drawing closer to Allaah) calling it by other than its name!

Thirdly: Shirk with regard to Allaah’s Attributes; which is, that a person describes someone from the creation of Allaah the Most High, with some of the attributes which are particular to Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. Such as, claiming that people have knowledge of the hidden and unseen for example; and this type is widespread amongst many of the Soofees and those who are influenced by them.  For example, those who praise the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam with exaggerated praise like the one who said about him in a line of poetry: “From your generosity came about the whole world and whatever it contains and from your knowledge is the knowledge of the Preserved Tablet and the knowledge of everything the Pen has written.”

So from this has come the misguidance of those dajjaals – those who claim that the see the Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam today whilst they are awake and that they ask him about things which are hidden – things about the secrets of the souls of people they associate with. Whereas, the Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam did not know such things even when he was alive; rather, he was told to say:

If I knew the hidden and unseen then I could have increased greatly in good and harm would not have touched me. (Sooratul-A`raaf (7), aayah 188)

So how could he know that after his death and after he passed on to the highest company of angels?!

So these three types of shirk, whoever negates/denies them from Allaah in his tawheed of Him and he singles out Allaah in His Self and His worship and His Attributes, then that person is the muwahhid (the person of tawheed) who is covered by the virtues particular to the people of tawheed. And whoever commits something from that shirk then to him is directed the like of the saying of Allaah the Most High,

If you commit shirk then (all of) your deeds will be rendered null and void and you will from the losers. (Sooratuz-Zumar (39), aayah 65)

So preserve this point because it is the most important thing in `aqeedah. So, there is no surprise in the fact that the author began with it. And whoever wishes to see further details then let him refer back to the explanation of this book and the books of the Shuyookhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibnul-Qayyim and Ibn `Abdil -Wahhaab and others, and those who followed upon their way.

[Source: Shaykh Al-Albaanee’s العقيدة الطحاوية – شرح وتعليق – explanation of point 2]

At-Ta`leeqaat Al-Mukhtasarah `alaa Matn Al-`Aqeedah At–Tahaawiyyah
By Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan hafizahullaah
Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah

Transcribed by Sideeqa Ali

Posted with kind permission from Dawud Burbank rahimahullaah

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