The Importance of Tawheed (Monotheism)
The Importance of Tawheed (Monotheism)
The Importance of Tawheed (Monotheism)
Tawheed
(blesseings of seeking knowledge.)
Tawheed
• Or things that could lead to major or
minor shirk and therefore should be
avoided.
!
Allaah ﷻ Allaah ﷻ
[42:11]
• No one is in Control
of the universe except Attention: These three kinds of Tawheed are
Allaah ﷻ connected and a Muslim must believe in them all. Read Pages 11 - 18 in the
book
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Importance of Tawheed
Tawheed is the reason behind the
1- creation of humans & Jinn
Key points and Principles
Worship if it lacks 1. The reason behind the creation is Tawheed.
Allaah the Almighty said:
sincerity then it 2. Worship, its definition, categories and
becomes showoff conditions.
which is minor Shirk.
(And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except And if it lacks Worship is much more than what you
that they should worship Me) . [51:56] following of the think!
Prophet ﷺthen it
Some people think that the term worship applies
becomes Bid’aah
only to known rituals such as prayer, fasting, and
(innovation).
General meaning of the Verse hajj, and this is a limited understanding of worship.
Quiz: How is this Worship by definition includes all kinds of obediences
• The verse specifies the wisdom behind creating Jinn and related to the that Allaah ﷻloves whether apparent or hidden.
humans. Unlike worldly masters, Almighty Allaah does not testimony of faith? Things like removing harm from the roads, visiting
sustain His servants in return for benefits, for He intends all La Ilaha Illa Allaah the sick and smiling in the face of another Muslim, are
good for them. and Muhammad is all considered worships in Islam.
• The verse illuminates the obligation of Tawheed since Allaah the Messenger of
Moreover, doing permissible things - with the
ﷻcreated the Jinn and mankind for fulfilling this objective
Allaah?
intention of empowering one’s self to do good in
only. [Sh. Saleh Al-Fouzan P.1] worship - could also included in this. Accordingly,
daily acts like sleeping, eating, selling and buying,
studying and working, could all be considered a kind
of worship if they are done with a good intention.
It becomes clear then, that worship includes all
Worship aspects of life; the set of beliefs, the five pillars, the
jurisprudence of financial interactions and business
deals, economy, politics, family, marriage, manners
and much more.
Definition Conditions
In order for the worship to be accepted by Does Allaah ﷻneed our worship?
Allaah it has to meet 2 conditions
“Al-‘Ibaadah” العبادة No!
(worship) in the
Allaah ﷻsaid:
Arabic language
means: humility and 1. Sincerity to 2. Following • {I desire of them no provision, neither do I
submission. Allaah ﷻ the Prophet ﷺ desire that they should feed Me.} [51:57]
And in the the • {And Musa (Moses) said: “If you disbelieve,
Sharee›ah: it is a Failing to do so Failing to do so you and all on earth together, then verily!
comprehensive leads to leads to Allaah is Rich (Free of all wants), Owner of
term for everything ................................ ................................ all Praise.”} [14 : 8]
Kinds
which Allaah loves • {If you disbelieve, then verily, Allaah is not
and is pleased with; in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His
from statements Worship of the Heart (Hidden)
slaves. And if you are grateful (by being
and actions, both Love - Hope- Reliance -Fear of Allaah ﷻ believers), He is pleased therewith for you.}
apparent and [39 : 7]
hidden.”
(Worship of the Limbs) It is us who need Allaah and need to worship Him
alone (Tawheed). The more we fulfill this the more we
Prayer - Hajj- Jihad - Fasting will feel at peace, relaxed, content because we have
Warship is fulfilled the purpose of our creation.
Tawqeefiyyah: This (Verbal worship)
means that It is based Read the interpretation of the verse from
Reciting Qur’an - Tasbeeh - Saying good
on texts from Qur’an Tafseer Ibnu Katheer and write it down.
things to people
and Sunnah. No one The meaning of this Ayah (51:56) is that, Allaah the
is allowed to add or Exalted, the Blessed created ...
remove from it.
(Monetary worship)
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Zakat - Charity - Building Masajid
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Everyone should look into his life and see if he has ............................................................................................................
fulfilled the objective of his creation or not. .................. their Creator and Provider.
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Key points and Principles
Allaah had sent in every nation a Messenger to call
2- them to Tawheed • The importance of monotheism, since Allaah
has made it obligatory upon every nation.
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Key Points and Principles
Allaah ﷻstarted the orders of the due rights with
4- Tawheed and forbade its contradictory act which is Shirk Shirk (polytheism) means associating
partners with Allaah by ascribing to them
what is exclusively to Allaah ﷻ.
Shirk has 2 kinds:
Allaah the Almighty said: Major Shirk: If one commits it then he
{Worship Allaah and do not associate any thing with Him} [4:36] will be outside the fold of Islam.
Minor Shirk: Will not remove one from
Islam, but it is still unforgivable and one
General meaning of the verse: will be punished for committing it. What
In this verse, Allaah ﷻdoes not specifically enjoin a certain act of worship such is the proof? Verse [4: 48].......................
as prayer or supplication; this is to generally include all devotional acts. Likewise, .............................................................
Allaah ﷻgenerally warns us against all forms and acts of polytheism. Therefore, .............................................................
He does not specifically prohibit certain acts or deeds of polytheism. All should be Lessons Drawn from the Verse
avoided.
• The prohibiton of ascribing partners
to Allaah, as it is the gravest and most
This verse is called: (The Verse of the 10 Due Rights) abominable sin.
{And serve Allaah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good to the • Avoidance of all forms and acts of Shirk
parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the neighbor of (polytheism) is a prerequisite for the validity
(your) kin and the alien neighbor, and the companion in a journey and the wayfarer of Tawheed.
and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allaah does not love him who is • All kinds of Shirk (polytheism) according
proud, boastful} [4:36] to the Arabic context of the verse, are
categorically prohibited whether minor or
Read the noble verse and derive the 10 rights therein. major.
What is the first order and the first prohibition?
• It is not allowed to associate any parter
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with Allaah no matter how noble they are,
2 whether an angel, a prophet, a righteous
3 person or an idol.
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5 Worship without Tawheed is not
6 Valid
7 It is not enough to worship Allaah,
8 rather, they must not associate anyone
with Him. Because worship is not
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considered worship truly except when it
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is free from shirk.
Note that in the 9 rights Allaah ﷻstated them alone but when Allaah stated As for worship that is contaminated with
Tawheed, He orderd it and forbade that which contradicts it shirk, then it is no longer called worship
of Allaah ﷻ.
{Whoever hopes to meet his Lord, let him do
good deeds and not associate any one in the
worship of His Lord} [18:110]
State if the actions below are correct or not Shirk invalidates worship and no good
deed is accepted with it. No matter how
Action ( ) hard a person worships Allaah, if he has
some major shirk then his deeds are all
Offering sacrifice for Allaah ﷻalone. void.
{And it was already revealed to you and to
Fearing the Jinn that they might harm them and those before you that if you should associate
offering some sacrifice to please them. [anything] with Allah, your work would
Fasting to please Allaah ﷻalone. surely become worthless, and you would
surely be among the losers.} [39:65]
Fasting to loose some weight and to please Allaah
ﷻ
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5- Allaah ﷻand His Prophet ﷺdeclared Shirk the first
forbidden act
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6- Tawheed is the Right of Allaah upon His servants
”I was behind the Prophet ﷺon a donkey and he said to me : Read Surat Ash-Shu’araa’ [87-82] and write what
Ibraheem ﷺstated as reasons to wroship Allaah
“O Mu’ath, do you know what is the right of Allaah upon His slaves and what is the right alone:
of the slaves upon Allaah?” I responded: Allaah and his Messenger know best.
He said: “The right of Allaah upon the slaves is that they worship Him (alone) and not 1- ...............................................
associate anything with Him. And the right of the slaves upon Allaah is that He does not
punish whoever does not associate anything with Him”. 2- ...............................................
I said: O Messenger of Allaah, shall I not give the glad tidings to the people? He replied:
“Do not inform them lest they depend” (on this promise absolutely and lapse in their 3- ...............................................
service to Him). [Bukhari & Muslim.]
4- ...............................................
Key Words and Phrases General Meaning of the Hadeeth
5- ...............................................
Allaah’s right on His servants: What According to the Hadeeth, the Prophet ﷺ
Allaah deserves from His servants and emphasizes the obligation of Tawheed, and 6- ...............................................
make obligatory upon them. clarifies its virtues by raising a question,
so that he may grasp the attention of his 7- ...............................................
The right or servants on Allaah: It
audience. After the Prophet informed him
refers to Allaah’s promise to reward His What is the way of the Qur’an to prove
of the virtue of Tawheed, Mu’ath asked Allah’s rights to Tawheed Uloohiyyah?
obedient servants out of His bounty and
the Prophet ﷺpermission to inform the
benevolence.
people of that glad tidings. However, the ................................................................................
Absolute Dependence: Excessive trust in Prophet ﷺforbade him to convey such ................................................................................
Allaah’s mercy, which may lead people to news to people lest they should slack in ................................................................................
abandon competing in doing good and offering good deeds. ................................................................................
virtuous deeds.
Misconception!
So, what it means is: Allaah ﷻwill not
punish him eternally in Hellfire, although he
might enter it to be punished temporary, but Someone sins and says, ‘I believe in Allaah and
then will be taken out of fire and admitted He is the Most Merciful and He promised that
into Paradise. Why? Because this person has whoever has Tawheed, Allaah will not punish
Tawheed, and this is the promise of Allaah him so He will not punish me!’
to anyone who has Tawheed. He will not
How do you answer her based on your
be punished eternally in Hellfire. This is
understanding of the evidence and
the meaning of the rights of the slaves on
combining it with other evidences from
Allaah ﷻ.
Qur’an and Sunnah?
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