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Asalaamu alaikum wa rahmathullaahi wa barakathuhu
The Tawheed of the Prophets and Messengers
By Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-?Uthaymeen (Rahimahullah)
We would like to explain that the message of the Messengers, from the first of them which is Nooh (?alayhis-salaam), to the last of them which is Muhammad (sallallaahu ?alayhi wa sallam); all of them called to Tawheed. Allaah the Exalted said:
?And We have not sent before you any Messenger, except that We revealed to him that there is no deity worthy of worship except Me, so worship Me.? [Sooratul-Anbiyaa? 21:25]
And Allaah the Exalted said:
?And indeed We sent to every nation a messenger saying: Worship Allaah, and leave off the false deities.? [Sooratun-Nahl 16:36-37]
That is to say that the creation were created by One, and He is Allaah the Mighty and Majestic. He created them for His worship, and to attach their hearts to it, and for His deification (ta?aaliha) and exaltation (ta?dtheem) and fear (khawf) and hope (rajaa?) and trust (tawakkul) and fervent desire (raghbah), and dread (rahbah); until one withdraws from everything related to the worldly life, not preferring them over the Tawheed of Allaah the Mighty and Majestic in any of these affairs. So because you are part of the creation, then it is inevitable that you refer to your Creator, in heart and soul, and in everything. Due to this, the call (da?wah) of the Messengers (?alayhimus-salaam) was to the magnificently important matter of the worship of Allaah alone, without any partners.
It is not possible that Allaah the Mighty and Majestic sent the Messengers to mankind to call to Tawheedur-Ruboobiyyah only, but to Tawheedul-Uloohiyyah also. That is because those who denied Tawheedur-Ruboobiyyah were very few; to the extent that those who denied it did not feel this denial to be possible in the depths of their hearts, except that their intellects knew of it, and recognized it, but they rejected it due to pride. Indeed the scholars have divided Tawheed into three categories:
THE FIRST CATEGORY: TAWHEEDUR-RUBOOBIYYAH:
This is the singling out of Allaah in three matters: in creation (khalq), and mastership (malak), and management (tadbeer).
THE SECOND CATEGORY: TAWHEEDUL-ULOOHIYYAH:
This is the singling out of Allaah the Mighty and Majestic in worship, so as not to become a servant to other than Allaah. No king is to be worshipped, nor any Prophet, nor any saint, nor any scholar, nor a mother, nor a father; no one is to be worshipped except Allaah alone. So Allaah the Mighty and Majestic alone is to be singled out in deification and worship, and due to this it is called, Tawheedul-Uloohiyyah (the oneness of Allaah in deification), or it is named, Tawheedul-?Ibaadah (the oneness of Allaah in worship). So by expressing it in connection to Allaah, it becomes Tawheedul-Uloohiyyah, and by expressing it in connection to the worshipper, it becomes Tawheedul-?Ibaadah.
TAWHEEDUL-ASMAA? WAS-SIFAAT:
This is a matter concerning which, many have entered into war. So the people can be divided into three categories with respect to it. So the people can be divided into three categories, and they are: mumaththal (one who resembles Allaah to something from His creation) mu?attil (one who denies the Attributes of Allaah) and the mu?tadah (one who is moderate).
For the Full Article:
http://www.troid.org/articles/aqeedah/tawheed/comprehensive/thetawheed.htm
Posted By Hasan as-Salafee
This message was edited by Hasan.Salafee on 4-22-03 @ 12:57 PM
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Hasan.Salafee
22-04-2003 @ 12:00 AM
