Is dividing Tawheed into categories an innovation (bid’ah)? – Shaikh Muqbil bin Hadi al Wadi’ee
Is dividing Tawheed into categories an innovation (bid’ah)? – Shaikh Muqbil bin Hadi al Wadi’eeQuestion posed to Shaikh Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi’ee [Died: 1422H/2001) – May Allah have mercy upon him.
العلامة المحدث الشيخ مقبل بن هادي الوادعي رحمه الله
Questioner:
“The people of innovation say that dividing Tawheed into categories is a
newly invented matter (I.e. an innovation/ bidah). So what is the
response to them?”
” يقول أهل البدع أن تقسيم التوحيد إلى ثلاث أقسام أمرا ًمحدث فما الرد عليهم ؟ ”
Shaikh Muqbil: “The response to them is that this is mentioned in the book of Allah (i.e. The Qur’aan).
” وَلِلّهِ الأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا”
“And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allâh , so call on Him by them…” [7:180]
Yes (Na’am) and what else…
“وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ. إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءكُمْ “
“And
those, whom you invoke or call upon instead of Him, own not even a
Qitmîr (the thin membrane over the datestone). If you invoke (or call
upon) them, they hear not your call, and if (in case) they were to hear,
they could not grant it (your request) to you. [35:13-14].
” وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ”
“And
verily, if you ask them: “Who created the heavens and the earth?”
Surely, they will say: “Allâh (has created them)”. [39:38]
So
this is mentioned in the book of Allah. And also, apparently from what I
can recall a book has been authored by ‘Abdul-Razaq ibn ‘Abdul-Muhsin
al-‘Abbaad a clear treatise (risalah) in response to this statement. So
the proof has been estalished (i.e. against this false statement). And
if you were to look into “Kitab at-Tawheed” in Saheeh al-Bukhari you
would see that he mentions Tawheed-al-Ruboobiyah (Lordship) Tawheed
al-ulwuhiyah (Worship) and Tawheed al-Asmaa wa-Sifaat (Names &
Attributes). And this is the way of our early scholars. And this is the
way of Ubaydullah ibnu Budaa’ (Rahima-hullah) he divided Tawheed into
three categories.
And
maybe we can say to them that (Arabic) words are divided into three:
nouns, verbs and particle, to begin with. Yes (Na’am). And the
categorisation of other than this. And this (i.e. the categories of
Tawheed) has been mentioned in The Qur’aan, and The Sunnah, and our
Scholars (May Allah have mercy upon them) they authored many books
(about this). And Allah’s help is sought (Wa Allahul Musta’an).
* This audio has been taken from: http://www.muqbel.net/fatwa.php?fatwa_id=2745
**All translations are taken from Shaikh Taqiudeen al-Hilaalee’s & Dr. Muhsin Khan’s “The Holy Qur’aan”.
***
Shaikh Dr.’Abdul-Razaq ibn ‘Abdul-Muhsin al-Abbad al-Badr. -May Allah
preserve them both. Lecturer at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.
He
was the former Head of college of ‘Aqeedah and is still a Professor at
the Islamic University. His two book’s on the proofs of categorising
tawheed in three can be dowonloaded in Arabic here: http://www.al-badr.net/web/download/ebook/muallafat1.html. One of them has been translated titled “The Beneficial Summary in Clarifying The Evidences For The Categories of Tawheed”:
https://mountainofknowledge.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/is-pp/
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