Question:
The book “The Four Principles” by Shaykh Muhammed bin ‘Abdul-Wahhab, what is meant with principles?
Are they the Kulliyyah (comprehensive principles) which have many subsidiary issues fall under it?
Answer:
Principle here comes with the meaning as foundation.
The four principles are foundations which branch out into many subjects.
Shaykh Sālih Al-Fawzān, may Allah preserve him, said in his explanation of “The Four Principles“:
“Qawāid is the plural of Qāidah, and a Qāidah (principle) is: the foundation which branches out into many subjects or many branches.”
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Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hatim Yusuf Al-‘Inaabi Al-Jazaa’iree – may Allah preserve him.
Source:
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t.me/abouhatem/293
Answered on:
26th, Rabee’ Al-Aakhir, 1438H
Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani