The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP

principle of Shirk? Many people are confused in these two issues;
they have been misguided concerning the meaning of Tawheed and
Shirk - each one explaining it according to his desires.
It is obligatory to return to the Book and the Sunnah in
order to learn these principles so that our principles are correct,
sound and deduced from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His
Messenger especially these two great issues; Tawheed and Shirk.
Shaikh (Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab) has not
mentioned these principles from himself or from his thinking - as is
the way of many misguided people. The Shaikh has deduced these
principles from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger
and his seerah (biography).
If you understand these principles, then it will become easy
for you to understand Tawheed with which Allah sent His
Messengers and revealed His Books and (it will also become easy
for you to) know Shirk - from which Allah has warned against, and
explained its dangers and harms in this world and the Hereafter.
This (i.e., Aqeedah) is an important issue. It is more
obligatory for you (to learn and understand Aqeedah) than
knowing the rulings of prayer, charity, other acts of worship and
other issues of the religion because this is the foremost and
fundamental issue, since Salaat, Zakaat, Hajj and other acts of
worship are not correct if they are not based upon the foundation
of the correct Aqeedah (beliefs) which is pure Tawheed of Allah.
Shaikh (Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab) has preceded
these four principles with a great foreword which contains
supplication for the student of knowledge and caution for what he
is about to discuss.
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