Saaleh bin ‘Abdul-’Azeez aal ash-Shaykh
[May Allaah Preserve him]
Minister for Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Jaami' al-Imaam Turkee bin Abdullah
ar-Riyadh
6/7/1434 - 16/5/2013
‘Aqeedah is extremely important in our lives.
‘Aqeedah is important to create harmony in the
community and the country.
‘Aqeedah protects us from having our deeds wiped
out and entering the fire.
‘Aqeedah means something that has become fastened
in ones heart because of its importance. It is to believe in what we are told
to believe from the realm of the unseen.
‘Aqeedah can also mean a contract (‘Aqd in Arabic)
that one has with Allaah.
‘Aqeedah is simple but many talk about it without
knowledge and thus deviations are created.
From ones belief is to believe in the pillars of
al-Eemaan; belief in Allaah, The Angels, The Books, The Messengers, The Last
Day and al-Qadr.
Belief in Allaah; this is to make Him Our Only
Lord, Only Object of Worship, a Perfect Being in His Names, Attributes and
Actions.
Believing in One Lord has never been rejected
before by the Arab, so believing in One Lord means we are free from atheism
free from mocking Allaah or a His religion or doubted in Him or what He may Do.
Lordship means He is the only Creator, Sustainer, Provider, the Giver of life
and death, nothing Compels Him and He is the Strong and Able to Do all.
To believe in One Lord means we are protected in
our religion and our families and country because by believing in One Lord we
are constantly reminded by the existence of One Lord. For example, one reflects
in his own creation, the creation of everything around him and is constantly
reminded by Him, by this, the belief of One Lord is rooted in the hearts.
Therefore rooting this belief requires a methodology and it involves everyone
in society to constantly remind the hearts and fasten them to this belief,
nothing exists except that it is a sign that He is the One Lord.
The atheists who mock Allaah and His religion, this
is something old by the way, its been going on for decades, people decide to
debate them, which is based on a good intention but this is not appropriate,
rather it gives a platform to the atheist and instills doubts to spread.
But the Daa’ee, the Khateeb, the scholar should
spread at-Tahweed with the people, especially when the people are weak and away
in this regard to fasten the hearts of the people. He can quote an Ayaah for
people to ponder on. For example, The Kursee is the place for the feet of
ar-Rahmaan, but the Kursee is described and compared in is magnitude to the
heavens and the earth, as a ring placed in a desert (i.e. the heavens and the
earth represents the ring and the Kursee is in vastness is like the desert).
Added to this, between each heaven there is five hundred years worth of travel between
each one and there are seven heavens, so how Great must Allaah be? All of this
enforces the belief in Allaah and fear of Him, The Glorified, and thus it
results in singling Him out in worship of Him.
The Kaafir and the Mushrik, whether those who take idols
(Asnaam) or deities (Wathan) will have no deeds accepted from them.
Effects of ‘Aqeedah in one’s life;
His life is tranquil and peaceful.
In the hereafter, the one who has at-Tawheed is
guaranteed Jannah, thus it is the greatest form of connection with Allaah and
goodness to the creation in calling them to.
Scholars asked a question; how can we actualise the
Sharee’ah and the Manhaj (meaning following the methodology of following the
Quraan, the Sunnah under the understanding of the Salaf as-Saaleh if this
Ummah) of the ‘Aqeedah.
Many have called ‘Aqeedah, al-Manhaj, so ‘Aqeedah
can only be applied with Manhaj, so following the Quraan and Sunnah with the
way of the Salaf (i.e. the first three pious generations of al-Islaam) is the
only way one can have sound understanding and intellect.
Some people took up a different methodology, they
understand the texts with their own intellect and understanding. They view good
and bad can only be determined by our intellect therefore they made their
intellect at the same level as the perfect revelation (i.e. the Quraan and the
Sunnah) which was revealed upon the Messenger [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be
Upon him]. And we also find this with the people in the newspapers today,
tackling issues with their intellect and interpreting the Islamic texts with
their own ideas and what they understand from them. These people are misguided
and misguiding others.
Ahl as-Sunnah believe that the text is always
proceeded before ones intellect and if there is any intellect within us, then
this intellect is only gained and developed from our understanding of the texts.
Some people always try to find the wisdom or
benefit in the Islaamic texts, however this is something that destroys the ‘Aqeedah,
rather benefit and wisdom is where the text is, so we submit to the texts
without it being a condition as to why or the wisdom behind what it is
instructing us.
The Manhaj of the Salaf has been gathered and preserved. The Manhaj of Sufyaan
ath-Thaweee, Wakee’, al-Bukhaaree, Muslim, Aboo Dawood, Ibn Khuzaymah and their
teacher Imaam Ahmad and the reviver that came after Ibn Taymiyyah and his
student Ibn al-Qayyim and then Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahab, all (and others not mentioned
here), are revivers and founders of the Manhaj as-Salafee. Therefore, one
cannot have ‘Aqeedah without having Manhaj.
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