The Importance of Tawheed
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A brief article with 17 points on the benefits and virtues of Tawheed.
Useful for presenting a short lecture on the subject.
A brief article with 17 points on the benefits and virtues of Tawheed.
Useful for presenting a short lecture on the subject.
1.It is the pillar upon which
Islam is built. The Prophet said "Islaam is built upon five : the
tawheed of Allah…..(Related by Muslim no. 19)
2. The greatest need for
mankind, since there is no life for the hearts nor delight nor
tranquility except through knowing their Lord , the one to be
worshipped, the creator.
3. It is the most noble branch
of knowledge. As Imaam Abu Hanifa mentioned, when he called his book
which he compiled concerning the Usool ud Deen (fundamentals of the
religion) " fiqh al akbar" (the greatest fiqh)
4. It was the key and essence
of the call of the messengers "Verily we have sent to every nation a
messenger saying worship Allah and avoid the worship of false gods" (
16:36 )
5. because Allah has created us
to worship Him, " I have not created the jinn and mankind but to
worship me" then how can we worship Allah, if we don't know who He is?
It is only through knowledge of His names and attributes we can learn
about Allah.
6. Firmness upon the deen,
excellence in this world and salvation in the Hereafter is built upon
this. a) because when you know Allah, His names, attributes and Actions
this necessitates loving Him, fearing Him, placing reliance upon Him
etc. b) when you know what allah loves and is pleased with or angered
and displeased with, you will rush to fulfil what He loves and avoid
what He hates.
7. Its great emphasis in the
Qur aan. The qur aan begins with tawheed (al fatihah) and ends with
Tawheed (al ikhlas) likewise the greatest ayat in the Qur aan describes
tawheed (of knowledge)
8. The prophet began his day
with tawheed by reciting surah al kafiroon and ikhlas in the sunan of
fajr and end with reciting these two surahs in the witr prayer. (related
by muslim)
9. The prophet mentioned it
during his last illness ( shows its importance) when he said " the curse
of Allah be upon the Jews and the Christians for they took the graves
of their prophets as places of worship." (bukhari)
10. It's the first thing the
prophet invited to and preached to for thirteen years. "say, none has
the right to be worshipped and thus be successful." (ahmad 4/63)
11. And he ordered his compnions to preach Tawheed when sending them to various communities. He sent Muadh ibn jabal to Yemen saying " indeed you are going to the people of the book so let the first thing that you invite them to be the tawheed of Allah" (Bukhari 1/13)
11. And he ordered his compnions to preach Tawheed when sending them to various communities. He sent Muadh ibn jabal to Yemen saying " indeed you are going to the people of the book so let the first thing that you invite them to be the tawheed of Allah" (Bukhari 1/13)
12. You have to compromise the
three aspects together and not just believe in one, merely with the
meaning "the one who has the power to create and originate" as the arab
mushriks used to agree that Allah alone is the creator of everything,
despite this they were still mushriks. Plus this was not the true
reality which Allah sent the messengers with. But rather we must believe
in his Ruboobiyah, uloohiyah Asma was Sifaat together.
13. When you belive in the
three aspects of tawheed. i.e Ruboobiyah- youwill negate any source of
harm, blessing, power from any other than Allah. Uloohiyah- this will
stopyou from committing shirk. Asma was sifaat - to have the correct
knowledge of this will prevent you from distorting any of Allah's Names
and Attributes, or explaining them, or denying them or asking how they
are.
14. If a person dies upon this
he will enter Paradise . When the Jewish boy accepted Islam, the Prophet
(sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said, "All praise is for Allah who saved
this boy from the fire." Although this person had no good deeds.
(Bukhari)
15.Tawheed is a condition for
an action to be accepted, because for a deed to be accepted it requires 2
conditions. a) The intention is purely for Allah (tawheed al ibaadah)
b) It must be in accordance with the shariah of Muhammad
16. It strengthens ones heart
and makes one firmer and well rooted. Then as a result ones deeds will
multiply and likewise his worship of Allah will be greater.
17. It makes it easier to
fulfil the commands of Allah and leave the prohibitions as Aaisha said:
"had the first revelation been do not drink and fornicate or commit
adultery etc they would have said we shall not give up adultery and
fornication etc." (Bukhari from Yusuf ibn Maalik)
For it was only after Tawheed
was understood by the companions and had settled in their hearts that
Allah began to order them with various commands.