Sharh Kashf al-Shubuhat by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح كشف الشبهات) — Page 60

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وَلَكِنْ أَنَا مُذْنِبٌ وَالصَّالِحُونَ لَهُمْ جَاهٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، وَأَطْلُبُ مِنَ اللَّهِ بِهِمْ، فَجَاوِبْهُ بِمَا تَقَدَّمَ وَهُوَ: أَنَّ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُقِرُّونَ بِمَا ذَكَرْتَ وَمُقِرُّونَ بِأَنَّ أَوْثَانَهُمْ لَا تُدَبِّرُ شَيْئًا، وَإِنَّمَا أَرَادُوا الْجَاهَ وَالشَّفَاعَةَ، وَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَوَضَّحَهُ.

But I am a sinner, and the righteous have status with Allah, and I seek from Allah through them; so answer him with what has preceded, which is: that those whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, fought were acknowledging what you mentioned and were acknowledging that their idols do not manage anything, and they only desired status and intercession; and read to them what Allah mentioned in His Book and clarified.

فَإِذَا قَالَ لَكَ الْمُشْرِكُ: أَنَا لَا أُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ، بَلْ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَخْلُقُ، وَلَا يَرْزُقُ، وَلَا يَنْفَعُ، وَلَا يَضُرُّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِهِ نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا فَضْلًا عَمَّنْ دُونَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَعَبْدِ الْقَادِرِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُوسَى الْجِيلَانِيَّ عَلَى خِلَافٍ فِي اسْمِ أَبِيهِ كَانَ مِنْ كِبَارِ الزُّهَّادِ وَالْمُتَصَوِّفِينَ وُلِدَ سَنَةَ ٤٧١ بِجِيلَانَ وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٥٦١ فِي بَغْدَادَ وَكَانَ حَنْبَلِيَّ الْمَذْهَبِ، وَهَذَا هُوَ التَّوْحِيدُ، فَهَذِهِ شُبْهَةٌ يُلَبِّسُ بِهَا وَلَكِنَّهَا شُبْهَةٌ دَاحِضَةٌ لَا تُفِيدُهُ شَيْئًا.

If the polytheist says to you: 'I do not associate partners with Allah; rather, I bear witness that none creates, provides, benefits, or harms except Allah alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, does not possess benefit or harm for himself, let alone for those below him'—such as Abd al-Qadir, meaning the son of Musa al-Jilani (there is a difference of opinion regarding his father's name), who was one of the great ascetics and Sufis, born in the year 471 in Gilan and died in the year 561 in Baghdad, and was of the Hanbali school—'and this is Tawhid,' then this is a doubt with which he confuses [others], but it is a refuted doubt that does not benefit him at all.

قَوْلُهُ: وَلَكِنْ أَنَا مُذْنِبٌ إِلَخْ هَذَا بَقِيَّةُ كَلَامِ الْمُشَبِّهِ، فَأَجِبْهُ بِأَنَّ مَا ذَكَرْتَ هُوَ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ الْمُشْرِكُونَ الَّذِينَ قَاتَلَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاسْتَبَاحَ دِمَاءَهُمْ وَنِسَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يُغْنِهِمْ هَذَا التَّوْحِيدُ شَيْئًا.

His saying: 'But I am a sinner, etc.'—this is the remainder of the speech of the one who draws analogies; so answer him by saying that what you have mentioned is what the polytheists were upon, whom the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, fought and whose blood, women, and wealth he declared lawful, and this Tawhid did not avail them anything.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (36 verbs · 44 nouns)

• أَذْنَبَ — to sin
• طَلَبَ — to request
• جَاوَبَ — to answer
• مُذْنِبٌ — sinner
• صَالِحٌ — righteous person
• جَاهٌ — status