As Salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullaah
Proceeding
with the class notes, we were asked to give definition and evidence for
Tawheed Ar Ruboobiyyah and we (the class) came up with the following:
Tawheed Ar Ruboobiyyah-[Oneness
of the Lordship of Allaah] The belief that He (meaning Allaah) alone is
the Creator, The Provider, The One who gives life and causes death, and
The Disposer of all affairs.
To single out Allaah, The Exalted, alone in His Actions.
OR as defined in “The Concise Collection of Creed and Tauhid” By Darussalam Publishers:
Tauhid Ar Rububiyah-
To believe that there is only one Lord for all the universe and He is
its Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, Owner and the Controller of
its Affairs, and that is Allaah.
Our brother gave us the evidence for Tawheed Ar Ruboobiyyah , which is Surah 2:21,22 where Allaah states:
“O
mankind, worship your Lord who created you and those before you so that
you may be of the pious. The one who made the earth a bed for you and
sky as a canopy, and has caused rain to descend from the sky, and has
caused fruits to develop out of it as provision for you. So do not set
up partners with Allaah while you have knowledge (of what you do).”
He said In Surah 2:21, the word “worship” is Ar Ruboobiyyah and “your Lord” is Al Uluhiyyah.
He added that this is Allaah informing us that He did all of this for us, so worship him.
The
point of Ar Ruboobiyyah in return of all of the things that Allaah does
for us, it is only logical for us to single Him out alone for worship.
Ruboobiyyah leads you directly to Uluhiyyah.
In order to be Muslim, you have to worship Allaah.
Tawheed Al Uluhiyyah-
[Oneness of the Worship of Allaah] To believe that none has the right
to be worshipped (e.g. praying, invoking, asking for help from the
unseen, swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, giving charity, fasting,
pilgrimage, etc.) but Allaah.
Our
brother said it is the reason for argumentation and fighting in ancient
and recent times. It is singling out Allaah alone in the actions of the
servant such as: supplication, taking vows, sacrifice, dependence on
Allaah, hope, fear, repentance; etc.
Defined in “The Concise Collection of Creed and Tauhid” By Darussalam Publishers:
Tawheed Al Asma was Sifaat- [Oneness of the Names and Attributes of Allaah]
(i) We must not name or attribute to Allaah except what He or His Messenger has named Him or attributed to Him.
(ii) None can be named with the Names of Allaah or described with attributes that belong to Allaah; e.g. Al-Kareem, Ar-Rahman, etc.
(iii) We
must believe in all the Attributes of Allaah that are mentioned in His
book (The Qur’an) or mentioned by His Messenger (Muhammad salallahu
alaihe wa sallam) without changing their meaning or denying them
completely or twisting their meanings or likening them (giving
resemblance) to any of the created things.
He said the exact names and amount of Allaahs Names and Attributes are unknown. We know of 99 that are mentioned.
The more you know and understand
Allaahs
Names and Attributes, the more you understand your Lord. The more you
understand your Lord, the better you can worship Him.
Allaah has beautiful names and attributes, so call on him by them.
We should call on Allaah ta ala by His Names and Attributes in accordance to what we are asking for.
He then gave us 6 points (that I counted in my notes) on Tawheed Al Asma was Sifaat:
· We believe in the word and the meaning.
· Any
Name or Attribute of Allaah that He has affirmed for Himself in His
Book or upon The Tongue of His Messenger, we also affirm.
· Any Name or Attribute of Allaah that He has negated for Himself in His Book or upon The Tongue of His Messenger, we also negate.
· Any
Name or Attribute of Allaah that He has remained silent about in His
Book or upon The tongue of His Messenger, we also remain silent about.
· We
believe in His Names and Attributes without Ta’weel (distorting the
true meaning) or Ta’teel (negating them) or Tashbeeh (resembling Allaah
to the creation or vice versa) or Takyeef (asking why or how)
· Inside every name of Allaah is an attribute, but not necessarily in every attribute is there a name.
We may be resembled to Allaah in wording, but not in meaning
He then went into the definition of Shirk:
Shirk- To make other than Allaah equal to Allaah in an affair that is specific to Allaah.
Our homework was: What are the four categories of Shirk?
Please post any comments so that we may benefit Insha Allaah
Please forgive me if I made any mistakes in any of these posts. Those mistakes come from myself or the shaitan.
Barakallahu feekum and As Salaamu alaikum (smiles)
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