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Tawheed is the what makes us Muslims. No Tawheed no Islam. Know Tawheed Know Islam! Even the Shahaadah that you accepted before you gain access to this post (i.e "I believe that there is no god/God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet" is a huge part of Tawheed. And this is what all Prophets and Messengers were upon. Evidence abound in our Books that Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Sulaiman (Solomon),Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus) and others (May the peace and Blessing of Allaah be upon them all) were all monotheists who worshiped Allaah as one indivisible Lord.

Linguistically, the word Tawheed, in Arabic, means unification (to make something one). Islamically, it is in reference to Allah being singled out alone, in all that is particular to Him. The opposite of Tawheed is 'Shirk' which is to associate partners with Allah by giving (or attributing) that which is exclusively His to others.

In order not to make this treatise too long we would like to quickly go through the three categories of Tawheed:

1- The Unity of Allah's Lordship


This first category of Tawheed is known as Tawheed-Ar Ruboobiyyah or the unity of Allah's Lordship. Through this we understand that it is Allah Who Alone created the universe, which is why one of His divine names is Al-Khaaliq (the Creator). Through this we know that it is Allah Alone Who controls the universe and allows things to happen. This is why Allah refers to Himself in the Quran as Al-Malik (The Sovereign). Hence, when something happens, it only happens with the permission of Allah, as stated in the Quranic verse (which means): {And no calamity strikes except with the permission of Allah} [Quran 64:11]


The Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allah exalt his mention) further elaborated on this concept of Allah's control over the universe by saying: "Be aware that if the whole of mankind gathered together in order to do something to help you they would only be able to do something for you which Allah had already written for you. Likewise, if the whole of mankind gathered together to harm you, they would only be able to do something to harm you which Allah had already written to happen to you". [At-Tirmithi]


We know that another name, which Allah chooses to call Himself by, is Ar-Razzaaq (the Sustainer). It is Allah who provides us with our food, shelter, clothing, families and friends. When our crops seem to be dying and there is not a cloud in sight, it is Allah Who sends down His rain from the skies and sustains us. Allah Says (what means): {Allah is the Creator of all things and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.} [Quran 39:62]

From this you would expect that people would turn back to Allah for good or bad fortune. However, this is not the case. Today we find some people relying on all kinds of good luck charms, which they believe will bring them good fortune and ward off evil.


These practices have absolutely no basis whatsoever in Islam, but rather the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allah exalt his mention ) warned us by saying: "Whosoever brings something new into Islam (which does not belong to it) will have it rejected". [Al-Bukhari]


2- The Unity of Allah's names and Attributes


This category of Tawheed is known as Tawheed Al-Asmaa' Was-Siffaat or the unity of Allah's Names and Attributes. Allah Says in the Quran (what means): {Allah — there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.} [Quran 20:8]


This category of Tawheed helps us to understand Who our Creator is through His Names and Attributes. Through His Names and Attributes we know that Allah is far beyond our imagination and bears no resemblance to human beings. In fact, it is this principle which makes Islam unique from all the other religions on the face of this earth. Allah Says (what means): {There is nothing like unto Him and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.} [Quran 42:11]

3- The Unity of Allah's Worship


This part of Tawheed is known as Tawheed Al-'Ibaadah, or the unity of Allah's worship. It is this aspect of Tawheed which is the most important. It is through this that we learn how to worship our Creator alone. Allah is not the kind of god who does not respond or hear your calls. He is not the kind of god who needs some sort of middleman to take our prayers up to Him. Rather, Allah says (what means): {And your Lord says, Call upon Me; I will respond to you.} [Quran 40:60]

There is nothing to prevent a person from calling directly upon Allah and asking for His help and forgiveness. Unfortunately, this is violated by most of mankind who believe that other men can intercede for them and even grant them forgiveness because of their apparent special status! An example of this is the Catholic religion which holds that the celibate priests are purer than normal people. This allows for them to then hear the confessions of people's sins and subsequently grant them forgiveness. It is this kind of behaviour which takes a person away from the worship of Allah to the worship of man.


As Muslims, we too should be careful of this, because it seems that many of our brothers and sisters are indulging in this kind of evil and are not even aware of it. How many Muslims are there today who call upon others besides Allah? We find that in some countries, there are millions of Muslims who go to the graves of 'saints' and ask them for children, wealth, fame and more sadly, forgiveness. What makes this more ironic is the fact that many of these Muslims pray five times a day, and in every Rak'ah (unit) of their prayer they say the following to their Creator: {It is You we worship and You we ask for help.} [Quran 1:4]

Learning about the Tawheed of Allah is the most important thing for the whole of humanity. For if we learn how to trust and worship our Creator with sincerity, then -and only then- will we escape from the slavery and captivity of this life. It is by worshipping Allah alone does a man achieve true peace and success.

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JazaakaLlahu Khayran brother.

jazakumllah kairan

HateIslam:
With all these been said yet Muslims involves themselves in terrorism. I don't get the correlation between crime and Islam

blame those terrorists ND not there religion for Islam is a religion of peace nd love ND not what they make u think on CNN or what u take to believe from peoples comment on nairaland who are ignorant of the teaching of Islam

HateIslam:
With all these been said yet Muslims involves themselves in terrorism. I don't get the correlation between crime and Islam

don't be a fool.. terrorism has no religion.. I can't believe you are so stupid that you even created an account just to comment rubbish.. there are better things you can do with your miserable life

nice one op,jazakhumllahu akhiran