Tawheed-Monotheism 🕋🕌☝️ Flashcards
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
Tawheed Monotheism
What are the three categories of tawheed
- Tawheedur-rububiyyah
- Tawheedul-uluhiyyah
- Tawheedul-asma-i wassifat
It is the singling out of Allah alone for His actions
Tawheedar-rububiyyah (maintaining the unity of Lordship
What are the examples of Tawheedar-rububiyyah (maintaining the unity of Lordship
Creating
Providing
Giving life
Causing death
Sending down rain, and
causing plants to grow
also known as man’s innate nature and disposition
Al-Fitrah
Man was created with an innate disposition towards Tawheed and an understanding of the exalted Lord and Creator.
Tawheedar-rububiyyah and man’s innate nature and disposition (al-Fitrah)
Also known as maintaining the unity of worship
Tawheed al-uluhiyyah
It is the singling out of Allah for prescribed worship which people perform inorder to draw close to Him
Tawheed al-uluhiyyah (maintaining the unity of worship)
What are the examples of Tawheed al-uluhiyyah (maintaining the unity of worship)
Prayer
Supplication
Vows
Sacrifice
Fear
Hope
Trust and so forth
so it is not permitted for us to pray except for Allah.
Prayer
it is not permitted for us to supplicate to other than Allah.
Supplication
it is not permitted to us to make sacrifice to other than Allah.
Sacrifice
it is not permissible to make a vow for other than Allah
Vow
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.
Seeking help
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.
The importance of Tawheed al- uluhiyyah:
also known as maintaining the unity of Allah’s names and attributes
Tawheed al- asma-i wassifat
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.
Tawheed al- asma-i wassifat(maintaining the unity of Allah’s names and attributes)
Ar-Rahman
The Most Beneficent
Ar-Rahim
The Most Merciful
Al-Qahir
The All Compelling
Al-Qadir
The Most Able
As-Sami’
The All Hearing
Al-Basir
The All Seeing
Al-Quddus
The Most Holy
What are the five given attributes of Allah (S.W.T)
Elevation (Al-ulu’)
Hearing (As-sam’)
Sight (Al-basr)
Ability (Al-qudrah)
Having a face and hand
What are two types of At-Tahrif
At-tahrif Al-lafthee
At-tahrif al-ma’nawi
also known as (Distortion of wording)
At-tahrif Al-lafthee
it is also known as (Distortion of the meaning)
At-tahrif al-ma’nawi
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).
At-tahrif Al-lafthee
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.
At-tahrif al-ma’nawi (Distortion of the meaning):
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.
At-Ta’til (Negation)
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.
At-Takyif
this is the affirmation of equality to something.
At-Tamthil
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.
At-Tashbih
