Series.1 - Why do we need to know Tawheed?

Series.1

Why do we need to know Tawheed?

'What is tawheed?' you ask any Muslim 'Is it the oneness of Allaah?' he would reply 'What's that?' You ask again. 'I'm not too sure' he would say. This is the kind of scenario which the Muslims are involved in, and what a sad state of affairs it is when we cannot even explain the basics of our religion to those around us.

The cure for ignorance is knowledge, and in order to cure ourselves we have to take time-out to learn about this beautiful religion, even if it means reading articles such as this!


The Reality of Tawheed

Literally Tawheed means "making something one". When the term Tawheed is used in reference to Allaah it means that Allaah is One. The opposite of tawheed is 'Shirk' which is to associate partners with Allaah by giving that which belongs to him, to others

So there are 3 categories of Tawheed are:

1. Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah (lit. "Maintaining the Unity of Lordship")

2. Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat (lit. "Maintaining the Unity of Allaah's Names and Attributes")

3. Tawheed al-'Ebaadah (lit. "Maintaining the Unity of Allaah's Worship")

In this series we will Insha Allaah try to keep the point to bare minimum not wasting your time or making the mails unnecessary, and also make the mail in points to be clear and easily readable.