The Evidence for the Word of Tawhid
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Q: And as for the questioner’s statement: “You call people to tawhid (the oneness of Allah), so what is your evidence for the word of tawhid? Where is it derived from?”
A: The answer is that there is much evidence for this in the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
And tawhid (the oneness of Allah) means: making Allah one, meaning believing that He is One with no partner. Among the verses indicating this is His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Surat al-Dhariyat: 56] and His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): [Surat al-Anbiya: 25]. There are many verses in this meaning.
As for the hadiths, among them is what is established in Sahih al-Bukhari from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mu’adh when he sent him to Yemen:Sahih al-Bukhari 7372 Al-Bukhari narrated this wording in his Sahih, and in Sahih Muslim from Tariq ibn Ashim al-Ashja’i from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sahih Muslim 23a He explicitly stated in his words: This indicates that this is the meaning of La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah).
Among this is what is established in Sahih Muslim from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 16b This hadith is an explanation of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the other narration: Sahih al-Bukhari 8 This hadith. There are many hadiths in this meaning. And success is from Allah.
A: The answer is that there is much evidence for this in the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
And tawhid (the oneness of Allah) means: making Allah one, meaning believing that He is One with no partner. Among the verses indicating this is His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلا لِيَعْبُدُونِAnd We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِAs for the hadiths, among them is what is established in Sahih al-Bukhari from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Mu’adh when he sent him to Yemen:
the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tauhid of Allah
ادعهم إلى أن يوحدوا اللهHe who professed that there is no god but Allah and made a denial of everything which the people worship beside Allah, his property and blood became inviolable, an their affairs rest with Allah.
من وحد الله وكفر بما يعبد من دون الله حرم ماله ودمه وحسابه على اللهand declared the oneness of Allah
وحد اللهAmong this is what is established in Sahih Muslim from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The superstructure of) al-Islam is raised on five (pillars), i. e. Allah (alone)
بني الإسلام على خمس، على أن يوحد اللهIslam is based on (the following) five (principles): 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
بني الإسلام على خمس شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدًا رسول الله
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