The Meaning of 'Aqeedah and Tawhid, and the Importance of 'Aqeedah in the Life of the Muslim

Question:
May Allah reward you and may Allah bless you. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make this meeting beneficial, that He may benefit everyone with it. We remind the brothers and sisters of the program's phone number: zero, one, eight, eight, eight, three, zeros. Beginning: May Allah bless you, Honorable Dr. Salih. We begin this episode with what one of the brothers sent, asking about 'aqeedah. He says: What is 'aqeedah, and what is tawhid (the oneness of Allah)? He also asks: No doubt that Islamic 'aqeedah has great importance that appears in many matters in the life of the Muslim; what are these matters? Listen.

Answer:
. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, 'aqeedah and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) are one thing. 'Aqeedah is the foundation upon which the validity or invalidity of all other deeds is built. If the 'aqeedah is correct and sound, then all deeds will be, by the permission of Allah, valid. But if the 'aqeedah is flawed, the deeds are flawed. They may be invalid, or they may be incomplete, and so on. 'Aqeedah is the foundation, and 'aqeedah is the requirement of the testimony that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and the testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. This is the foundation of 'aqeedah: the meaning of the two testimonies and what they contain of sincerity in tawhid (the oneness of Allah) for Allah, sincerity in worship for Allah, and abandoning the worship of anything other than Him. This is the 'aqeedah with which all the Prophets came, may Allah send prayers and peace upon them. Every Messenger’s first statement to his people is , just as Nuh, Hud, Salih, Ibrahim, and others among the Prophets said it. Our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I was sent to fight the people until they testify to If they say it, their blood and property are safe from me, except by right, and their account is with Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.”
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu'adh to Yemen as a teacher, judge, and caller, he said to him: . If they respond to that, inform them that Allah has made obligatory upon them five prayers in the day and night. If they respond to that, inform them that Allah has made obligatory upon them a charity to be taken from their rich and returned to their poor. Every Prophet’s first call to his people is to the correct 'aqeedah, because 'aqeedah is the foundation, and there is no benefit in deeds without a correct and sound 'aqeedah as it came from the Prophets, may Allah send prayers and peace upon them. It is the foundation upon which the matters of religion, faith, and worship are built. Therefore, it is obligatory to pay attention to it.
Above all, it must have priority in curricula and in all aspects of education, and also in the call to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. The call to Allah must first be to the correct creed.
Just as the Prophets, peace and blessings be upon them, called their people first to the correct creed, without ordering them to pray, fast, or do other acts of worship. The first thing they begin with is correcting the pure creed for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. This is the duty of Muslims, in every time and place, to pay attention to the correct creed by learning it, teaching it, and calling to it. Any call that does not pay attention to the creed is a failed call with no result and no impact. Yes.

The presenter:
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