Why must worship and spiritual claims be measured by following the Messenger?
2026-09-20
T03 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Explanatory passage · Selected source passage(s) — fully translated
Selected passages. The absolute wording concerns the religious authority of the Messenger’s creed, spiritual truth, path and law. Bracketed words make that religious sense explicit; they do not deny ordinary linguistic uses of these terms. The English translates every displayed Arabic paragraph; this selection is not the complete surrounding work. Square brackets identify translator-supplied clarification.
النص العربي
المقتطف
فمحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم أرسل إلى كل أحد من الإنس والجن، كتابيهم وأميهم، غنيهم وفقيرهم، ملكهم ومملوكهم، ذكرهم وأنثاهم.
فلا عقيدة إلا عقيدته، ولا حقيقة إلا حقيقته، ولا طريقة إلا طريقته، ولا شريعة إلا شريعته.
English translation
English translation reviewed against the displayed Arabic by SalafAlSalih editorial preparation (AI-assisted); explanatory additions appear in square brackets or separate notes.
Selected explanation
Muhammad, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, was sent to every human being and jinn: those with scripture and those without, their rich and their poor, their kings and their enslaved people, their males and their females.
Thus there is no [valid religious] creed except his creed, no [valid spiritual] reality except his reality, no [valid religious] path except his path, and no [valid religious] law except his law.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 10/430–431
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic passage checked against the cited edition and location. English reviewed against every displayed Arabic paragraph on 14 October 2026.