Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 18

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سُبُلُ السَّلَامِ شَرْحُ نَوَاقِضِ الْإِسْلَامِ

Paths of Peace: Explanation of the Nullifiers of Islam.

لِأَنَّنَا نُؤَدِّيهَا بِالذُّلِّ وَالْخُضُوعِ لِلَّهِ - جَلَّ وَعَلَا

His worship; because we perform it with humility and submission to Allah - the Majestic and Exalted -.

وَسُمِّيَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدًا ؛ لِأَنَّهُ ذَلِيلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ مَقْهُورٌ مَرْبُوبٌ لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَأَوْجَدَهُ، وَهُوَ الْمُتَصَرِّفُ فِيهِ – سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى

The slave was named a slave because he is humble before Allah, subjugated and mastered by the One who created him and brought him into existence, and He is the Disposer of his affairs - Glory be to Him and Exalted -.

الْعِبَادَةُ لَيْسَتْ تُعْرَفُ بِآرَاءِ النَّاسِ، وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ بِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ

Worship is not known by the opinions of people, but rather it is by the judgment of Allah.

«فَسَّرَ الْعُلَمَاءُ - رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ - الْعِبَادَةَ بِمَعَانٍ مُتَقَارِبَةٍ مِنْ أَجْمَعِهَا (٣) مَا ذَكَرَهُ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ ابْنُ تَيْمِيَّةَ لِلَّهِ إِذْ يَقُولُ : (الْعِبَادَةُ : اسْمٌ جَامِعٌ لِكُلِّ مَا يُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَيَرْضَاهُ مِنَ الْأَقْوَالِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ الظَّاهِرَةِ وَالْبَاطِنَةِ)،

The scholars - may Allah have mercy on them - explained worship with similar meanings, the most comprehensive of which is what Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned, as he says: 'Worship is a comprehensive name for everything that Allah loves and is pleased with, from the apparent and hidden sayings and deeds.'

وَهَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْعِبَادَةَ تَقْتَضِي : الِانْقِيَادَ التَّامَّ لِلَّهِ - تَعَالَى - ، أَمْرًا وَنَهْيًا وَاعْتِقَادًا وَقَوْلًا وَعَمَلًا،

This indicates that worship requires complete submission to Allah - the Exalted - in command, prohibition, belief, speech, and action.

وَأَنْ تَكُونَ حَيَاةُ الْمَرْءِ قَائِمَةً عَلَى شَرِيعَةِ اللَّهِ، يُحِلُّ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ، وَيُحَرِّمُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ

And that the life of a person should be based on the law of Allah, permitting what Allah permitted and forbidding what Allah forbade.

وَيَخْضَعُ فِي سُلُوكِهِ وَأَعْمَالِهِ وَتَصَرُّفَاتِهِ كُلِّهَا لِشَرْعِ اللَّهِ، مُتَجَرِّدًا مِنْ حُظُوظِ نَفْسِهِ وَنَوَازِعِ هَوَاهُ لِيَسْتَوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْفَرْدُ وَالْجَمَاعَةُ، وَالرَّجُلُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ،

And he submits in his behavior, deeds, and all his actions to the law of Allah, detached from the shares of his self and the inclinations of his desire, so that the individual and the group, the man and the woman, are equal in this.

فَلَا يَكُونُ عَابِدًا لِلَّهِ مَنْ خَضَعَ لِرَبِّهِ فِي بَعْضِ جَوَانِبِ حَيَاتِهِ ، وَخَضَعَ لِلْمَخْلُوقِينَ فِي جَوَانِبَ أُخْرَى...

So he is not a worshipper of Allah who submits to his Lord in some aspects of his life and submits to created beings in other aspects.

فَمَنْ خَضَعَ لِلَّهِ – سُبْحَانَهُ – وَأَطَاعَهُ وَتَحَاكَمَ إِلَى وَحْيِهِ فَهُوَ الْعَابِدُ لَهُ، وَمَنْ خَضَعَ لِغَيْرِهِ، وَتَحَاكَمَ إِلَى غَيْرِ شَرْعِهِ، فَقَدْ عَبَدَ الطَّاغُوتَ، وَانْقَادَ لَهُ

So whoever submits to Allah - Glory be to Him - and obeys Him and seeks judgment from His revelation, he is the worshipper of Him, and whoever submits to other than Him and seeks judgment from other than His law, he has worshipped the Taghut and submitted to it.

«الْعِبَادَةُ: هِيَ تَوْحِيدُهُ وَطَاعَتُهُ بِامْتِثَالِ أَوَامِرِهِ وَتَرْكِ نَوَاهِيهِ

Worship is His unification and obedience to Him by complying with His commands and leaving His prohibitions.

Vocabulary · المفردات (29 verbs · 60 nouns)

• أَدَّى — to perform
• جَلَّ — to be majestic
• عَلَا — to be exalted
• سَمَّى — to name
• خَلَقَ — to create
• أَوْجَدَ — to bring into existence
• تَصَرَّفَ — to have authority over
• قَالَ — to say
• عَرَفَ — to know
• فَسَّرَ — to explain
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• رَضِيَ — to be pleased with
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• اقْتَضَى — to require
• كَانَ — to be
• أَحَلَّ — to permit
• حَرَّمَ — to forbid
• خَضَعَ — to submit
• تَجَرَّدَ — to be detached
• اسْتَوَى — to be equal
• أَطَاعَ — to obey
• تَحَاكَمَ — to seek judgment
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• انْقَادَ — to follow/submit
• وَحَّدَ — to unify
• امْتَثَلَ — to comply
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• سَبِيل — path
• سَلَام — peace
• شَرْح — explanation
• نَاقِض — nullifier
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• عِبَادَة — worship
• ذُلّ — humility
• خُضُوع — submission
• عَبْد — slave
• ذَلِيل — humble
• يَد — hand
• مَقْهُور — subjugated
• مَرْبُوب — mastered
• مُتَصَرِّف — one who has authority
• سُبْحَان — glory
• رَأْي — opinion
• نَاس — people
• حُكْم — judgment
• عَالِم — scholar
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• مُتَقَارِب — similar
• أَجْمَع — most comprehensive
• شَيْخ — sheikh
• اسْم — name
• جَامِع — comprehensive
• قَوْل — statement
• عَمَل — deed
• ظَاهِر — apparent
• بَاطِن — hidden
• انْقِيَاد — compliance
• تَامّ — complete
• أَمْر — command
• نَهْي — prohibition
• اعْتِقَاد — belief
• حَيَاة — life
• مَرْء — person
• قَائِم — based
• شَرِيعَة — law
• سُلُوك — behavior
• تَصَرُّف — action
• شَرْع — law
• مُتَجَرِّد — detached
• حَظّ — share
• نَفْس — self
• نَازِع — inclination
• هَوَى — desire
• فَرْد — individual
• جَمَاعَة — group
• رَجُل — man
• مَرْأَة — woman
• عَابِد — worshipper
• بَعْض — some
• جَانِب — aspect
• مَخْلُوق — created being
• وَحْي — revelation
• غَيْر — other
• طَاغُوت — tyrant/false deity
• تَوْحِيد — monotheism
• طَاعَة — obedience
• امْتِثَال — compliance