Kitab al-Tawhid

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ḥasan Āl al-Shaykh (d. 1285)

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Grandson of Imām Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1206), born in the year 1196 in the city of al-Dirʿiyyah which was the centre of the Salafī Daʿwah and its scholars. His father was killed in battle and so his grandfather, Imām Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb took care of him until he also passed away when ʿAbd al-Raḥmān was around 13 years old. He attended his grandfather’s lessons, memorised the Qurʾān, and then studied further under the senior students of his grandfather. He authored a commentary on his grandfather’s Kitāb al-Tawḥīd (The Book of Islamic Monotheism) entitled Fatḥ al-Majīd. He lived for almost 90 years. May Allāh have mercy upon him.

Advice

When purchasing a copy of Fatḥ al-Majīd, ensure you obtain the edition which contains Imām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Bāz’s (d. 1420) remarks in the footnotes. The Salafī scholar, editor and annotator, Sh. Muḥammad Ḥāmid al-Faqī (d. 1378) annotated an edition of Fatḥ al-Majīd, however Imām Ibn Bāz noticed some mistakes therein and so he reviewed the work and corrected those mistakes. May Allāh reward them both for their efforts.

Bibliography

See: Sh. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Āl al-Shaykh’s biography of him in Fatḥ al-Majīd edited by Ashraf b. ʿAbd al-Maqṣūd and published by Muʾassasat Qurṭubah in Cairo (no date). The biography was taken from Rawḍat al-Afkār of the historian, and student of Imām Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, Ibn Ghannām (d. 1225).

What is al-Tiwalah? By Sh. Muhammad b. Salih al-‘Uthaymin

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Sh. Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, may Allāh have mercy upon him, said:

“al-Tiwalah is something [people] do claiming that it causes a woman to be loved by her husband and vice versa. The closest [term] to that is what is referred amongst us as al-diblah (ring). It is said that the husband inscribes his wife’s name in his ring, and the wife inscribes her husband’s name in her ring, and they claim that they – the couple – attain love and affection through this action of theirs, and that if he removes the ring, or she removes it, it means [their] separation.

So, if one asks: what is the means for a man to love his wife and his wife to love her husband? We say: the means to that has been explained by Allāh in His statement: {And live with them in a good manner} [al-Nisāʾ (4): 19]. So, if a person lives in a good manner with his wife, and she does likewise; love, closeness and blissful married life occurs.”

Source: Fatāwá Nūr ʿalá al-Darb (1: 107-8, no. 77).

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One of the many notable and beneficial features of Sh. al-ʿUthaymīn’s works, is that he always tries to provide a divinely legislated solution, and alternative, to something which is prohibited in the Dīn. May Allāh bless him with all goodness.