What is the importance of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) for the Muslim?
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Question:
The questioner says: We would like Your Eminence the Shaykh to speak about the importance of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) for the Muslim.
Answer:
Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is the foundation upon which all other deeds are built. Deeds without tawhid (the oneness of Allah) have no value and no benefit[Al-Furqan 25:23], and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said [An-Nisa 4:48], and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the opposite of tawhid, and the one who commits shirk has no deed accepted from him, [Al-An'am 6:88] major shirk nullifies all deeds, so it is necessary to know tawhid, and it is necessary to know what opposes it, which is shirk, this is necessary. One must study the correct creed, which is on the methodology of the righteous Salaf, believe in it, and hold fast to it.
The questioner says: We would like Your Eminence the Shaykh to speak about the importance of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) for the Muslim.
Answer:
Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is the foundation upon which all other deeds are built. Deeds without tawhid (the oneness of Allah) have no value and no benefit
And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاءً مَّنثُورًاIndeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُBut if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما أهمية التوحيد بالنسبة للمسلم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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