Why are the two testimonies the first obligations of religion?
2026-09-21
T74 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
المقتطف
وَلِهَذَا كَانَ الْمُحَقِّقُونَ عَلَى أَنَّ الشَّهَادَتَيْنِ أَوَّلُ وَاجِبَاتِ الدِّينِ، كَمَا عَلَيْهِ خُلَّصُ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَذَكَرَهُ مَنْصُورٌ السَّمْعَانِي وَالشَّيْخُ عَبْدُ الْقَادِرِ وَغَيْرُهُمَا.
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For this reason, the scholars who carefully investigated the matter held that the two testimonies are the first obligations of the religion, as is the position of the faithful adherents of Ahl al-Sunnah. Manṣūr al-Samʿānī, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir, and others mentioned this.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 1/76
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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