The Ruling on Learning the Oneness of the Names and Attributes and the Types of Tawhid

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this brother Ibrahim Abu Hamid asks about tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes) and whether it is obligatory for every Muslim to learn about this tawhid, tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat? May you be rewarded.

Answer:
And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, it is obligatory for every Muslim to learn the matters of creed, because it is the head of Islam, and the creed is the first pillar of the pillars of Islam. It includes tawhid in its three types: tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), which is affirming the actions of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), singling out Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) with His actions, such as creation, provision, giving life, and causing death, and other management of the universe. This is specific to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and no one shares in it with Him. This is acknowledged by everyone; all nations acknowledge this type, that Allah is the Creator, the Provider, the Giver of Life, the Causer of Death, and the Manager of everything. This is tawhid al-rububiyyah.
The second type is tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), which is singling out Allah with worship, singling Him out with the actions of the servants that He has prescribed for them and with which they worship Him. Many of creation have denied this type, and Allah sent the messengers to call people to it. The third type is tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes), which is naming Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) with what He named Himself with in His Book, and with what His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) named Him with in his Sunnah. Every one of the names includes an attribute of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). It is obligatory to believe in this, to believe in the names and attributes of Allah as they came in the Book and the Sunnah, without ta'wil (figurative interpretation) and without delegating their meanings. Rather, they are to be taken at their apparent meaning and their intended meaning. It is obligatory to believe in them, in their words and their meanings. It is obligatory to affirm them for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) as they came, without tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), without takyif (asking how an attribute is), and without ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) or ta'wil (figurative interpretation).
This is an obligation that is necessary; because it is the head of Islam, and it is the foundation of the religion, so no one can be ignorant of this. Yes. Just as it is not permissible for any Muslim to be ignorant of the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj and 'Umrah, the pillars of Islam. It is not permissible for a Muslim to be ignorant of this. It is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) for every Muslim, male and female, to learn the pillars of Islam, to act upon them and perform them as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) legislated them. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, Honorable Shaykh.