And whoever affirms all of this but rejects the Resurrection
has committed kufr by consensus, and his blood and wealth
have been rendered lawful, just as He, the Most High, says:
Indeed those who disbelieve in Allaah and His Messengers, and
who wish to make a distinction between Allaah and His
Messengers, saying “We believe in some and disbelieve in
others” and wish to take a path in between - then these are in
truth the disbelievers.1
Therefore since Allaah has made it very clear in His Book that
whoever believes in a part and disbelieves in a part is in truth
a kaafir (disbeliever), then this doubt (that the mushrik has
raised) disappears.
And this is that which one of the people of al Ahsaa has
mentioned in his book which he sent to us.2
And it is also to be said:
If you (O mushrik) affirm that the person who attests to the
truthfulness of the Messenger sall Allaahu ‘alaiyhi wa sallam
in every matter but rejects the obligation of the prayer – that
this person is a kaafir, and (his) blood and wealth are rendered
permissible by consensus:
And similarly that if he affirms every matter except for the
Resurrection:
And similarly if he rejects the obligation of the fasting in
Ramadaan and attests to the truth of everything else:
That there is no differing about this between the madhaahib
(schools of thought). And the Qur’aan has spoken about this,
just as we have already mentioned.
So it is known that tawheed is the greatest obligation with
which the Prophet sall Allaahu ‘alaiyhi wa sallam came, and it
is greater than the Prayer, and the Zakaat, and the Fasting
and the Pilgrimage. So how can it be that if a person rejected
anything from these matters he has committed kufr even if he
Soorah an Nisaa (4) aayaat 150 to 151
Shaykh al ‘Uthaymeen rahimahullaah comments on this: “I do not know anything about
this book, so let this be (a matter which is) researched into.”
1
2
Sharh Kashf ush Shubuhaat (p108)
acted upon everything with which them Messenger sall
Allaahu ‘alaiyhi wa sallam came – and yet (as you say) if he
rejected tawheed which was the religion of all the Messengers,
that he has not committed kufr ? Subhaan Allaah (how free is
Allaah of all imperfections)! How extraordinary is this
ignorance!
289) What proof from Soorah al Anbiyaa does Shaykh al ‘Uthaymeen quote
to show that the religion of all the Messengers was tawheed ? (U)
And we did not send a messenger before you except that We revealed to
him that there is none worthy of worship except Me – so worship Me!3
290) What proof from Soorah az Zumar does Shaykh al ‘Uthaymeen quote
to show that the correctness of all actions of worship is based on tawheed
? (U)
And is has been revealed to you, and to those who came before you, that if
you commit shirk, your actions will be rendered null and void, and you will
surely be from the losers.
Rather worship Allaah (alone) and be from those who are grateful!4
291) So how does Shaykh al ‘Uthaymeen describe the one who rejects
tawheed compared to the one who rejects the obligation of the Prayer, the
Fasting, Pilgrimage or the belief in the Resurrection? (U)
He rahimahullaah says that the kufr of the person who rejects tawheed is more
severe, clearer and more manifest than the kufr of the person who rejects the
obligation of these other secondary matters of Islaam.
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4
Soorah al Anbiyaa (21) aayah 25
Soorah az Zumar (39) aayah 65