How the Muslim achieves tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and remains upon it
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Question:
This questioner, who used the code name Abu 'Abdullah, asks: How does a Muslim achieve tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and remain upon it without bid'ah (religious innovation) and without shirk (associating partners with Allah)? In other words, he does not achieve it unless he learns what the correct tawhid is.
Answer:
And what are its invalidators, its nullifiers, and its diminishing factors? Praise be to Allah, this is found in the reliable books of tawhid, such as the book of Tawhid by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), the book of Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah, and the books of Salafi creed written by the imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community, both past and present. He should learn from them and beware of what is called tawhid in the books of the scholars of logic and the scholars of dialectics, for whom tawhid is only tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship). The tawhid that is required is tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), which is singling out Allah in worship. This is the point of contention between the prophets and the polytheists in the past, and in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it continues between the monotheists and the polytheists until the Hour stands.
As for tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), few people in the world deny it, because people are created with an innate disposition to acknowledge tawhid al-rububiyyah. Even the polytheists whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fought acknowledge tawhid al-rububiyyah.[Az-Zukhruf 43:87] [Al-Mu'minun 23:84-85] "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the great Throne? They will say: Allah." Yes, may Allah reward you.
This questioner, who used the code name Abu 'Abdullah, asks: How does a Muslim achieve tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and remain upon it without bid'ah (religious innovation) and without shirk (associating partners with Allah)? In other words, he does not achieve it unless he learns what the correct tawhid is.
Answer:
And what are its invalidators, its nullifiers, and its diminishing factors? Praise be to Allah, this is found in the reliable books of tawhid, such as the book of Tawhid by Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), the book of Tawhid by Ibn Khuzaymah, and the books of Salafi creed written by the imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community, both past and present. He should learn from them and beware of what is called tawhid in the books of the scholars of logic and the scholars of dialectics, for whom tawhid is only tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship). The tawhid that is required is tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), which is singling out Allah in worship. This is the point of contention between the prophets and the polytheists in the past, and in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it continues between the monotheists and the polytheists until the Hour stands.
As for tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), few people in the world deny it, because people are created with an innate disposition to acknowledge tawhid al-rububiyyah. Even the polytheists whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fought acknowledge tawhid al-rububiyyah.
And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah."
وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ(84) Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" (85) They will say, "To Allah." Say,
قُل لِّمَنِ الْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهَا إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ
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