Three Categories of TAWHEED
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A THREAD π§΅
The categories of Tawheed, as mentioned by the people of knowledge, are 3 :
1. Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah (Tawheed of Allahβs Lordship)
2. Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah (Tawheed of Allaahβs sole right to all worship)
3. Tawheed Al-Asmaa was-Sifaat (Tawheed of Allaahβs names and attributes)
1. Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah (Tawheed of Allahβs Lordship)
2. Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah (Tawheed of Allaahβs sole right to all worship)
3. Tawheed Al-Asmaa was-Sifaat (Tawheed of Allaahβs names and attributes)
The scholars know this categorisation by studying and examining the verses of the Quraan and Hadeeths. They found that all forms of Tawheed fall under one of these three categories.
1οΈβ£ Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah β
Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah is to single out Allaah alone with the actions of creating (everything), owning (everything), and controlling (everything).
The details of this meaning are as follows:
Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah is to single out Allaah alone with the actions of creating (everything), owning (everything), and controlling (everything).
The details of this meaning are as follows:
First, as for singling out Allah alone with the action of creating; He is the Creator other than Whom there is no creator. Allah says:
And he says clarifying the falsehood of disbeliever's god :
So Allaah alone is the only Creator. He created everything, decreeing the creation before its existence. His creation includes what He Himself has made by His own actions as well as the actions of the creation.
2οΈβ£. Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah β
Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah is to single out Allaah alone with all acts of worship. People must not take anyone or anything else along with Allaah, worshipping them or seeking nearness to them as they do with Allah.
Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah is to single out Allaah alone with all acts of worship. People must not take anyone or anything else along with Allaah, worshipping them or seeking nearness to them as they do with Allah.
This is the type of Tawheed with which the polytheists went astray
due to it β these same polytheists which the Prophet s.a.w. fought, the safety of their blood and wealth being lost as well as their land and homes.
due to it β these same polytheists which the Prophet s.a.w. fought, the safety of their blood and wealth being lost as well as their land and homes.
It is this type of Tawheed with which the Messengers were sent, and by which the books were revealed along with the other two types.
But most of what the Messengers focused on correcting among their people was this type of Tawheed β Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah.
But most of what the Messengers focused on correcting among their people was this type of Tawheed β Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah.
Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah is that ppl r not to give any form of worship to other than Allah
β not an angel brought near (to Allah), nor a Messenger sent (by Allah), nor to a righteous servant (of Allah), nor to anything else created. Worship is not deserved by anyone but Allah alone
β not an angel brought near (to Allah), nor a Messenger sent (by Allah), nor to a righteous servant (of Allah), nor to anything else created. Worship is not deserved by anyone but Allah alone
Whoever violates this type of Tawheed, not fulfilling what it entails, then he is a
polytheist, a disbeliever even if he were to accept and believe in Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah and the Tawheed of Allaahβs names and attributes.
polytheist, a disbeliever even if he were to accept and believe in Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah and the Tawheed of Allaahβs names and attributes.
If someone were to believe that Allah is the only Creator, owner, and controller of all affairs and that He deserves what befits Him of names and attributes, yet he worships anyone other than Allah ; then his acceptance of the other 2 types of Tawhid would never benefit him.
So if one were to completely believe in Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah and Tawheed Al-Asmaa wasSifaat,yet he goes to the grave of someone deceased, worshipping him, making vows to him and seeking nearness to him, then such a person is a polytheists, destined to reside in the Fire forever
3οΈβ£.Tawheed Al-Asmaa was-Sifaat β
Tawheed Al-Asmaa was-Sifaat is to single out Allaah alone with what He has named Himself with or described Himself with in His Book or upon the tongue of His Messenger s.a.w.
Tawheed Al-Asmaa was-Sifaat is to single out Allaah alone with what He has named Himself with or described Himself with in His Book or upon the tongue of His Messenger s.a.w.
This is by affirming whatever (names and attributes) Allah has affirmed for Himself without distorting or denying them or their meanings, nor believing them to be similar to the creationβs, and without questioning βHowβ they are ...
(seeking thereby to arrive at the same level of understanding of them as Allaah Himself has).
It is incumbent to believe that whatever Allah has named and described Himself with of names and attributes are real and actual. However, we do not delve into them, asking 'How' they r and we do not believe them to be similar to the names and attributes of the
creation in any way
creation in any way
This is the category of Tawheed regarding which various groups of this nation went astray, those who pray towards the same direction as we do and ascribe themselves to Islam.
From these groups, there are those went to deviated extremes in negation and incorrectly trying to avoid attributing any deficiencies to Allaah. Their extremism was so severe that it took them out
of Islam.
of Islam.
Other groups are slightly less in their deviance, and yet others are closer to Ahlus-Sunnah, the People of the Sunnah.
The way of the Salaf, or those righteous predecessor Muslims who followed Islaam correctly in belief, action, and manners; their way with regards to
this type of Tawheed is that they name Allaah and describe Him with what He has described Himself with.
this type of Tawheed is that they name Allaah and describe Him with what He has described Himself with.
They accept and believe in these names and attributes as being real and actual, yet in a manner that befits Allaah. They do not distort their meanings, deny them altogether, nor do
they question them or believe they are similar to the names and attributes of the creation.
they question them or believe they are similar to the names and attributes of the creation.
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