Discuss the significance of Tawheed.

i. It is the pillar upon which Islam is built. The Prophet said "Islam is built upon five : the
Tawheed of Allah…..(Muslim no. 19)
ii. The greatest need for mankind, since there is no life for the hearts or delight or tranquility
except through knowing their Lord, the one to be worshipped, the creator.
iii. It was the key and essence of the call of the messengers "Verily we have sent to every
nation a messenger saying worship Allah and avoid the worship of false gods"
(Q:16:36)
iv. Because Allah has created us to worship Him, " I have not created the jinn and mankind
but to worship me" then how can we worship Allah, if we don't know who He is? It is only
through knowledge of His names and attributes we can learn about Allah.
v. Firmness upon the Deen, excellence in this world and salvation in the Hereafter is built
upon this. a) because when you know Allah, His names, attributes and Actions this
necessitates loving Him, fearing Him, placing reliance upon Him etc. b) when you know
what Allah loves and is pleased with or angered and displeased with, you will rush to fulfill
what He loves and avoid what He hates.
vi. Its great emphasis in the Quran The Quran begins with Tawheed (al Fatihah) and ends
with Tawheed (al Ikhlas) likewise the greatest ayaat in the Quran describes Tawheed (of
knowledge)
vii. The prophet began his day with Tawheed by reciting Surat al kafiroon and Ikhlas in the
Sunnah of fajr and end with reciting these two Surahs in the witr prayer. (related by Muslim)
viii. The prophet mentioned it during his last illness (shows its importance) when he said “the
curse of Allah be upon the Jews and the Christians for they took the graves of their
prophets as places of worship." (Bukhari)
ix. It's the first thing the prophet invited to and preached to for thirteen years. "Say, none has
the right to be worshipped and thus be successful." (ahmad)
And he ordered his companions to preach Tawheed when sending them to various
communities. He sent Mu’adh ibn Jabal to Yemen saying " indeed you are going to the
people of the book so let the first thing that you invite them to be the Tawheed of
Allah" (Bukhari )
x. You have to compromise the three aspects together and not just believe in one, merely
with the meaning "the one who has the power to create and originate" as the Arab mushriks
used to agree that Allah alone is the creator of everything, despite this they were still
mushriks. Plus this was not the true reality which Allah sent the messengers with. But
rather we must believe in his Ruboobiyah, uloohiyah Asma was Sifaat together.
xi. When you believe in the three aspects of Tawheed. i.e. Ruboobiyah- you will negate any
source of harm, blessing, power from any other than Allah. Uloohiyah- this will stop you
from committing shirk. Asma was Sifaat - to have the correct knowledge of this will prevent
you from distorting any of Allah's Names and Attributes, or explaining them, or denying
them or asking how they are.
xii. If a person dies upon this he will enter Paradise. When the Jewish boy accepted Islam, the
Prophet (s.a.w) said, "All praise is for Allah who saved this boy from the fire."
Although this person had no good deeds. (Bukhari)
xiii. Tawheed is a condition for an action to be accepted, because for a deed to be accepted it
requires 2 conditions. a) The intention is purely for Allah (Tawheed al ibadah) b) It must be
in accordance with the Shariah of Muhammad
xiv. It strengthens ones heart and makes one firmer and well rooted. Then as a result ones
deeds will multiply and likewise his worship of Allah will be greater.
xv. It makes it easier to fulfill the commands of Allah and leave the prohibitions as Aisha said:
"had the first revelation been do not drink and fornicate or commit adultery etc they
would have said we shall not give up adultery and fornication etc." (Bukhari )
xvi. For it was only after Tawheed was understood by the companions and had settled in their
hearts that Allah began to order them with various commands.

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Kavungya answered the question on March 29, 2019 at 11:06