As for the first point, there is absolutely no proof that the fear already mentioned is the sole rationale. Admittedly, one may say it constitutes part of the rationale, yet to restrict the matter to that alone is unfounded, for other reasonable factors can be added as well—such as imitation of the Christians, as we have already seen in the words of the jurist al-Haytamī and the researcher al-Ṣanʿānī; the wasteful spending of money on things that bring no benefit in the Law; and other considerations that will readily occur to the critical investigator.

As for his contention that the rationale has disappeared because faith has become firmly established in the hearts of the believers, and so on, this claim is likewise false, and its invalidity may be shown from several angles:

First: the claim is built upon a false premise—namely, that believing Allah alone creates and brings things into existence is sufficient to attain the saving faith with Allah, blessed and exalted be He. That is not the case, for this form of monotheism—known to the scholars as tawḥīd al-rubūbiyyah (affirming Allah’s exclusive Lordship)—was already acknowledged by the idolaters to whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sent, as the Most High says: “And if indeed…”