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ABU HAAMED IBN MARZOOQ ON IBN TAYMIYYA [2]
Refutations of Ibn Taymiyya's Two Tawheeds
(Translated with permission from the Waqf Ikhlas 1993 offset reprint)
1. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, to whom Ibn Taymiyya falsely affiliated
himself in front of Hanbalis, never said that tawheed consisted in two
parts, one being tawheed al-ruboobiyya and the other tawheed
al- uloohiyya, nor did he ever say that "whoever does not know tawheed
al-uloohiyya, his knowledge of tawheed al-ruboobiyya is not
taken into account because the idolaters also had such knowledge." Anyone
can check that Imam Ahmad never said such a thing in his doctrine (`aqida)
as recorded in the compilations of his followers such as Ibn al-Jawzi's
'Manaaqib' and other books, none of which contain this drivel.
2. None of the followers of the Followers (atba`a` al-taabi`een)
ever said to his companions (i.e. students of younger generations) that
tawheed consisted in two parts, one being tawheed al-ruboobiyya and the
other tawheed al-uloohiyya, nor did any of them ever say that "whoever
does not know tawheed al-uloohiyya, his knowledge of tawheed
al- ruboobiyya is not taken into account." If humankind and jinn joined
together to prove that one of the atbaa` al-taabi`een ever said
such a thing, they would not succeed!
3. None of the Followers (al-taabi`een) ever said to their
companions (i.e. students of younger generations) that tawheed consisted
in two parts, one being tawheed al-ruboobiyya and the other tawheed
al- uloohiyya, and if humankind and jinn joined together to establish
that one of them ever said such a thing, they would not succeed!
4. None of the Companions of the Prophet (s) ever said that
tawheed consisted in two parts, one being tawheed al-ruboobiyya
and the other tawheed al-uloohiyya, nor did any of them ever say
that "whoever does not know tawheed al-uloohiyya, his knowledge
of tawheed al-ruboobiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters
also had such knowledge." And I defy whoever stakes a claim that he has
knowledge, to try and trace for us such a fabricated division back to the
Companions -- even with an inauthentic narration (wa law bi riwaayatin
waahiya)!
5. Nowhere in the extensive Sunna of the Prophet (s), which is
the exposition of the Book of Allah the Mighty and the Majestic, whether
in the books of 'sahih', the 'sunnan', the 'masaanid',
or the 'ma`aajim', is it related that the Prophet (s) ever said
to his Companions or ever taught them that tawheed consisted in two parts,
one being tawheed al-ruboobiyya and the other tawheed al-uloohiyya,
nor that "whoever does not know tawheed al-uloohiyya, his knowledge
of tawheed al-ruboobiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters
also had such knowledge." If humankind and jinn joined together to establish
that the Prophet (s) ever said such a thing, even with an inauthentic chain
of transmission, they would not succeed!
6. Indeed the books of the Sunna of the Prophet (s) overflow
with the fact that the call (da`wa) of the Prophet (s) to the people unto
Allah was in order that they witness that there is no god except God alone
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and in order that they repudiate
idol-worship. One of the most famous illustrations of this is the (sound)
narration of Mu`adh ibn Jabal when the Prophet (s) sent him to (govern)
Yemen and said to him: "Invite them to the witnessing that {there is no
god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God}. If they obey this, at
that time tell them that they are obligated to pray five prayers in every
twenty-four hours..." And it is narrated in five of the six books of authentic
traditions, and Ibn Hibbaan declared it sound, that a beduin Arab reported
the sighting of the new moon to the Prophet (s) and the latter ordered
the people to fast without asking this man other than to confirm the two
witnessings. According to this drivel of Ibn Taymiyya, it would have been
necessary for the Prophet (s) to call all people to the tawheed al-uloohiyya
of which they were ignorant, for as for tawheed al-ruboobiyya they
knew it already; and he should have said to Mu`aadh (according to this
drivel): "Invite them to tawheed al-uloohiyya"; and he should have
asked the beduin who had sighted the new moon of Ramadan (according to
this drivel): "Do you know tawheed al-uloohiyya?"
7. In His precious Book which falsehood cannot approach whether
from the front or from the back, Allah never ordered "tawheed al-uloohiyya"
to His servants, nor did He ever say that "whoever does not know this
tawheed, his knowledge of tawheed al-ruboobiyya is not taken into account."
8. Rather, Allah ordered the utterance of an Absolute Word of
Oneness (kalimat al-tawHeed muTlaqa), for He said as He addressed
His Prophet (s): "Know that there is no other god except God alone"
('fa`lam annahu la ilaaha illallaah'). And He spoke similarly in
all of the verses of oneness (tawheed) that are mentioned in the Qur'an
including surat al-ikhlas which is equivalent to one third of the Qur'an.
9. It would have been necessary for Allah, if we were to believe
this drivel (of Ibn Taymiyya), that since His servants all knew about
tawheed al-ruboobiyya and did not know about tawheed al-uloohiyya,
He should have made it explicitly clear to them and not misguided them
and not punished them for their ignorance of half of tawheed, nor said
to them: "Today I have perfected for you your Religion and I have completed
My blessing upon you and I have accepted for you islaam as a religion."
And we seek refuge in Allah from the treacheries of the tongue and the
corruption of folly.
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