Explanation of The Six Fundamental Principles
by Shaykh Al-Islam Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab
Shaykh Al-Islam Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab (May Allah have mercy upon him) is renowned for his dedicaiton to author concise treatises that can be understood by both the common person and the student of knowledge.
One of these concise booklets is the Six Fundamental Principles, which are:
The First Fundamental Principle:
Making the religion sincerely and purely for Allah, and an explanation of its opposite which is Shirk (association partners with Allah).
The Second Principle:
Unity in the religion and the prohibition of separation.
The Third Fundamental Principle:
Hearing and obeying those in authority.
The Fourth Fundamental Principle:
An Explanation of what knowlege is and who the scholars are, what is Fiqh and who the Jurists are, and a clarification of the one who feigns to be from them.
The Fifth Fundamental Principle:
An explanation of who the Awliya (allies) of Allah are.
The Six Fundamental Principle:
A refutation of a doubt invented by the Devil to (support) the abandonment of the Quran and the Sunnah.
These fundamental principles are extremely important and they are deserving of careful observation and study.
