What is Tawheed

What is Tawheed

1. what is
tawheed
learn
Islam
a brief
introduction
Allah is most severe in chastisement and warns the
disbelievers of a torment facing them for not accepting Islam:
Allah promises a severe punishment and scolding for all those
who die on other than tawheed:
But for those who believe in Allah and Islam, Allah promises
happiness and contentment:
Without Tawheed, the life of a person is meaningless and a
total waste. The whole purpose of man's creation is to
worship Allah alone and if man fails to acknowledge this
exclusive right of Allah then one will be amongst the dwellers
of the Fire (Hell). He will have no one to blame but himself:
what a horrible conclusion.
One must learn and act upon Tawheed if one wishes to be
from the inhabitants of the Garden of Bliss where Allah will be
“And whoever seeks a deen other than
Islam, it will never be accepted of him,
and in the Hereafter he will be one of the
losers.” [EMQ 3:83]
“Allah promises severe burning and
scolding for all those who die on disbelief:
“And whosoever does not believe in Allah
and His Messenger (Muhammad SA W),
then verily, We have prepared for the
disbelievers a blazing Fire.” [EMQ 48:13]
“Verily! Those who believe (in T awheed)
and do righteous deeds, shall have the
gardens of Paradise for their
entertainment,” [EMQ 18:107]
“(There is for him) rest and provision,
and a Garden of delights (Paradise).”
[EMQ 56:89]
pleased with him forever.
Verily Tawheed is the first obligation that all the Messengers
called to which formed the foundation of their call and their
invitation to the people. Allah (swt) says:
Tawheed is the greatest right of Almighty Allah (swt) over his
servant. It has been reported in Bukhari and Muslim, in a
hadith narrated by Muadth Ibn Jabal (ra), that the Messenger
Muhammad (saw) said:
Whoever establishes the Tawheed enters Jannah and whoever
negates the Tawheed they are from the people of hellfire.
Establishing Tawheed is the path to happiness in this life and
in the hereafter, whereas violating the Tawheed is the path of
the miserable that will be doomed in this life and in the
hereafter.
Verily Tawheed is the only way for the unity of the
Muslim Ummah and the Muslim world, for failure to
establish the Tawheed amongst Muslims will be the
cause of their failure, division and sectarian disputes.
‘We sent to every Ummah a
messenger to command the people
to submit to Allah exclusively and to
reject Taghoot’. [EMQ 16:36]
and not to
‘The right of Allah over his servant is to
submit to Him exclusively
associate anything with Him’

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What is
tawheed?
Tawheed is to believe with the heart, to testify with the tongue
and to manifest with the limbs, that there is no one worthy of
worship, obedience or submission except Allah (swt). It is to
single out Allah (swt) in His Lordship (Ruboobiyyah) in His
worship (Uloohiyyah) and His names and attributes (al-Asmaa'
was-Sifaat).
The Lordship of Allah (Tawheed ar-Ruboobiyyah) is to
recognize that He alone is the Creator, the Provider, the Most-
Merciful etc.
Tawheed ul-Uloohiyyah is the absolute right of Allah (swt) to be
worshipped, elevated, obeyed, and for all ritual acts to be
offered for Allah's sake alone and not to anybody or anything
else, such as salaah (prayer), du'aa (supplication), at-
tahaakum (arbitration), slaughtering and fasting etc.
Shirk is to ascribe partners to Allah. It is in the form of
directing the names, attributes or functions of Allah (swt)
towards anyone or anything other than Him or along side Him.
For example one of Allah's name and attribute is al-Hakam
meaning 'the Legislator' or 'Law Maker'; thus, legislation is His
(swt) exclusive right. Therefore, anyone who legislates other
than Allah is a Mushrik (one who commits shirk).
The Muwahhid (the one who worships Allah without
committing shirk) must understand, accept and believe in two
principles of Tawheed: The first is to disbelieve or reject
Taaghout (anything that is obeyed, followed or worshipped
other than Allah) and then to believe, worship, submit and
obey Allah (swt) alone:






Linguistically, the word Tawheed ( ) comes from the word ̜ՠÊ∙«
wah-hada, which means to make something waahid (singular).
Waahid is the opposite of plurality. So waahid is something
that will continue to be singular and never become a partner
of something else.
The Shariah definition of Tawheed means to worship, obey,
follow and submit to none other than Allaah (swt), so
that you make all of your worship for Allaah alone.
Allah (swt) says in the Quran:
There has never been in the history of mankind a greater and
more controversial statement than the Kalimah of Tawheed
( ): “LAA ILAAHA ILL-ALLAH” (there is no one worthy
of worship except Allah). The weight of this statement must be
understood as it is the essence of every religion and the
foundation of every community.
It is reported on the authority of Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri (ra)
from the Messenger of Allah (may Peace Be Upon Him) that
he said: "Moosa said: "Oh, Rabb! T each me
something by which I may remember Y ou
and supplicate You." Allah Said: "Say, oh,
Moosa: "Laa ilaaha illAllah." Moosa Said:
"Oh, Rabb! All of Your slaves say that." Allah
said: "Oh, Moosa! If the seven heavens and
all that they contain other than Me and the
seven earths as well were all put in one
side of a scale and Laa ilaaha illAllah put in
the other, the latter would outweigh them."
[Ibn Hibbaan, al-Haakim]
“Say: 'Shall I seek a lord other than Allah,
while He is the Lord of all things?'”
[EMQ 6:164]
“…Whosoever disbelieves in (rejects)
Taaghout and believes in Allah, he has
grasped the most trustworthy knot of
Islam (understood the meaning
Laa ilaaha ill-Allah).” [EMQ 2:256]
If one understands the principles of Tawheed it is clear to see
where the conflict arises as there must be a total rejection of
all false religions and ideologies (i.e. democracy, socialism,
Christianity or Judaism etc.) before one can call himself a
believer in Allah. Allah (swt) condemns all those who practice
another way of life other than Islam:
To Allah belong the purest and the best qualities. In His
infinite wisdom and knowledge, Allah knows what is best
for mankind:
Allah chose Islam as the Deen that should be believed in
and followed:
The Deen of Islam is the haq (truth) which Allah decreed to
supercede over all other ways even if the people detest it:
“Or have they partners with Allah (false
gods), who have instituted for them a
deen (way of life, ideology) which Allah
has not allowed…” [EMQ 42:21]
“Should not He Who has created know?
And He is the Most Kind and Courteous
(to His slaves) All-Aware (of everything).”
[EMQ 67:14]
“…This day, I have perfected your Deen for
you, completed My Favor upon you, and
have chosen for you Islam as your
Deen.” [EMQ 5:3]
“It is He Who has sent His Messenger
(Muhammad peace and blessings be upon
him) with guidance and the Deen of truth
(Islam), to make it superior over all
ideologies even though the Mushrikoon
(those who ascribe partners to Allah,
disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah)
hate (it).” [EMQ 9:33]
And I (Allah) created not the jinns and
humans except they should worship Me
(Alone)[51:56]
The opposite or nullifier of Tawheed is
Shirk