Tawheed-Monotheism 🕋🕌☝️

Question 1

is the singling out of Allah alone for worship. It is the religion of the messengers, who were sent to teach it to the people. Allah the Almighty says: (And verily,We sent among every community a messenger (proclaiming) “worship Allah and shun false gods

Answer 1

Tawheed Monotheism

Question 2

What are the three categories of tawheed

Answer 2

1. Tawheedur-rububiyyah
2. Tawheedul-uluhiyyah
3. Tawheedul-asma-i wassifat

Question 3

It is the singling out of Allah alone for His actions

Answer 3

Tawheedar-rububiyyah (maintaining the unity of Lordship

Question 4

What are the examples of Tawheedar-rububiyyah (maintaining the unity of Lordship

Answer 4

Creating
Providing
Giving life
Causing death
Sending down rain, and
causing plants to grow

Question 5

also known as man’s innate nature and disposition

Answer 5

Al-Fitrah

Question 6

Man was created with an innate disposition towards Tawheed and an understanding of the exalted Lord and Creator.

Answer 6

Tawheedar-rububiyyah and man’s innate nature and disposition (al-Fitrah)

Question 7

Also known as maintaining the unity of worship

Answer 7

Tawheed al-uluhiyyah

Question 8

It is the singling out of Allah for prescribed worship which people perform inorder to draw close to Him

Answer 8

Tawheed al-uluhiyyah (maintaining the unity of worship)

Question 9

What are the examples of Tawheed al-uluhiyyah (maintaining the unity of worship)

Answer 9

Prayer
Supplication
Vows
Sacrifice
Fear
Hope
Trust and so forth

Question 10

so it is not permitted for us to pray except for Allah.

Answer 10

Prayer

Question 11

it is not permitted for us to supplicate to other than Allah.

Answer 11

Supplication

Question 12

it is not permitted to us to make sacrifice to other than Allah.

Answer 12

Sacrifice

Question 13

it is not permissible to make a vow for other than Allah

Answer 13

Vow

Question 14

it is not permitted to us to seek help from other than Allah. We should only seek help from Allah alone; we should not seek help from the dead or righteous.

Answer 14

Seeking help

Question 15

It is the subject for the call of the messengers, from the first of them to the last, Allah the Almighty says: (And verily we have sent among every community a messenger (proclaiming) worship Allah alone and avoid false gods) An-Nahl: 36.

Answer 15

The importance of Tawheed al- uluhiyyah:

Question 16

also known as maintaining the unity of Allah’s names and attributes

Answer 16

Tawheed al- asma-i wassifat

Question 17

It is the belief of the names and attributes of Allah which indicate his perfection and greatness and we believe in them just as they are in the Qur’an and Sunnah without changing their meanings, negating them without knowing about manner, Allah the Almighty said: (There is nothing like Him and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.) Ash-Shura: 11.

Answer 17

Tawheed al- asma-i wassifat(maintaining the unity of Allah’s names and attributes)

Question 18

Ar-Rahman

Answer 18

The Most Beneficent

Question 19

Ar-Rahim

Answer 19

The Most Merciful

Question 20

Al-Qahir

Answer 20

The All Compelling

Question 21

Al-Qadir

Answer 21

The Most Able

Question 22

As-Sami’

Answer 22

The All Hearing

Question 23

Al-Basir

Answer 23

The All Seeing

Question 24

Al-Quddus

Answer 24

The Most Holy

Question 25

What are the five given attributes of Allah (S.W.T)

Answer 25

Elevation (Al-ulu’)
Hearing (As-sam’)
Sight (Al-basr)
Ability (Al-qudrah)
Having a face and hand

Question 26

What are two types of At-Tahrif

Answer 26

At-tahrif Al-lafthee
At-tahrif al-ma’nawi

Question 27

also known as (Distortion of wording)

Answer 27

At-tahrif Al-lafthee

Question 28

it is also known as (Distortion of the meaning)

Answer 28

At-tahrif al-ma’nawi

Question 29

this occurs through changing the word by adding to it or by changing its form, an example of this is how Ash-sha-irah and heretics who follow them change Allah’s words (the Most Beneficent rose over (Istawa) the throne) 20: 13, they changed to took possession/seized (Istawla).

Answer 29

At-tahrif Al-lafthee

Question 30

this is when the wording remains intact but a false and incorrect meaning is intended from it, an example of this is the distortion of the meaning of the “Two hands” attributed to Allah to strength “bounty” and so forth.

Answer 30

At-tahrif al-ma’nawi (Distortion of the meaning):

Question 31

this is the denial of what is necessary for Allah of names and attributes or the denial of some of them, such as denial of Allah’s speech (kalam), His coming (Al-Maji’), Ru.yah and others.

Answer 31

At-Ta’til (Negation)

Question 32

this is ascribing a known manner to something or to an attribute, such as someone describing how Allah’s hand is, or how His descent to the lower heaven is and so forth. Allah is far above this because the manner is not mentioned in the Qur’an or in the Sunnah.

Answer 32

At-Takyif

Question 33

this is the affirmation of equality to something.

Answer 33

At-Tamthil

Question 34

this is the affirmation of something similar to something else, so At-Tamthil necessitates equality in every aspect, while At-Tashbih necessitates equality in the most of the attributes.

Answer 34

At-Tashbih