Foundation of the Deen & it's Principle...

By Shaykh al-Mujaddid Muhammad ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhab 

Asl ad-Deen al-Islam wa Qa’idatahu Amran (The foundation of the Deen of Islam and its principle is in two matters):

 

The first: The order of worshiping Allah alone, inciting to this, allying based on it and making Takfeer on he who leaves it.

 

The second: The warning against shirk in the worship of Allah, being harsh in it, basing enmity on it and making Takfeer on he who commits it.

 

And those in opposition to it are of numerous types:

 

1- The worst of them with regards to being in opposition is the one who opposes all of it.

 

2- And from the people is the one who worships Allah alone, however has not rejected shirk and does not show enmity toward its people.

 

3- And from them is the one who does show enmity however has not made Takfeer upon them.

 

4- And from them is the one who does not love Tawheed nor does he hate it.

 

5- And from them makes Takfeer upon them (i.e., ahlut-Tawheed) and accused  them that this (Tawheed) is cursing at the righteous. 
 

6- And from them is the one who does not hate nor love shirk.

 

7- And from them is the one who does not know shirk nor rejects it.

 

8- And from them is the one who does not know Tawheed nor rejects it.

 

9- And from them, the most severest type, is the one who acts upon Tawheed but does not know its value. He does not hate the one who leaves it and does not make Takfeer upon them.

 

10- And from them is the one who leaves shirk and detests it but does not know its value, and does not show enmity towards its people and does not make Takfeer upon them.

 

And these have verily opposed what the Prophets came with from the Deen of Allah. And Allah knows best.

 

[Ad-Durur as-Saniyyah]

 

[Note: Shaykh Salim al-Gharib said real simply to those who distort and take what they want from the speech of the ‘Ulama:

“And those ignorant of their bida’ say ash-Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdil-Wahhab said, ‘The foundation of the Deen and its principle is in two matters (asl ad-Deen wa Qa’idatahu Amran): worshipping Allah alone and inciting (tahrid) to that; and Takfeer on whoever leaves it.’ So we say to them, ‘Why did you take Takfeer as asl ad-Deen and leave off inciting (tahrid)?…Likewise, the Shaykh in the second principle (qa’idah) brought together between being harsh (taghlidh) and Takfeer. So they took Takfeer and made it into an asl but left being harsh (taghlidh).”]