Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 33

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

النَّاقِضُ الْأَوَّلُ.

The first nullifier.

وَهَذَا النَّوْعُ... «تَوْحِيدُ الْعِبَادَةِ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْكَرَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَيُنْكِرُهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ الْيَوْمَ، وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ، بَلْ عَبَدُوا مَعَ اللَّهِ سِوَاهُ، فَعَبَدُوا... الْأَوْلِيَاءَ وَالصَّالِحِينَ، وَاسْتَغَاثُوا بِهِمْ، وَنَذَرُوا لَهُمْ وَذَبَحُوا لَهُمْ، إِلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا مِمَّا يَفْعَلُهُ عُبَّادُ الْقُبُورِ وَعُبَّادُ الْأَصْنَامِ وَالْأَحْجَارِ وَأَشْبَاهُهُمْ، وَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ مُشْرِكُونَ كُفَّارٌ، إِذَا مَاتُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُمْ...

And this type... 'The Oneness of Worship (Tawhid al-Ibadah) is what the early polytheists denied and what the polytheists deny today; they do not believe in it, but rather they worshipped others alongside Allah, so they worshipped... the saints and the righteous, sought aid from them, made vows to them, and sacrificed for them, in addition to other things done by the worshippers of graves, idols, stones, and their likes, and by doing so they are polytheists and disbelievers; if they die in that state, they will not be forgiven...'

فَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ تَحْقِيقِ هَذَا النَّوْعِ، وَإِفْرَادِ اللَّهِ بِالْعِبَادَةِ، وَنَفْيِ الْإِشْرَاكِ بِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى - وَالِاسْتِقَامَةِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَالدَّعْوَةِ إِلَيْهِ، وَالْمُوَالَاةِ فِيهِ، وَالْمُعَادَاةِ عَلَيْهِ، وَبِسَبَبِ الْجَهْلِ بِهَذَا النَّوْعِ، وَعَدَمِ الْبَصِيرَةِ فِيهِ يَقَعُ النَّاسُ فِي الشِّرْكِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ، كَمَا قَالَ: ﴿إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ﴾.

Therefore, it is necessary to realize this type, to single out Allah in worship, to negate associating partners with Him—Glorified and Exalted is He—to remain steadfast upon that, to call to it, to show loyalty for its sake, and to show enmity for its sake; and because of ignorance of this type and the lack of insight into it, people fall into polytheism while thinking they are guided, as He said: 'Indeed, they took the devils as allies instead of Allah, and they think that they are guided.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 59 nouns)

• أَنْكَرَ — to deny
• آمَنَ — to believe
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• نَاقِض — nullifier
• أَوَّل — first
• نَوْع — type