The Oneness of Allaah (Tawheed)

The Oneness of Allaah (Tawheed)

to the extent that he directed those matters towards it.

The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: " Whoever says La ilaha illah Allaah sincerely will enter Paradise." (Reported by Bazzar and declared authentic by Al-Albani in Sahih AI-Jami)

The sincere person is the one who understands, acts according to its requirements, invites others to it, and gives it precedence over all other issues, because it is the concise formula of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) for which human beings are created.

Therefore La ilaha illah Allaah will benefit the one who says it if he conforms to its meaning in his life, and doesn't nullify' it by associating partners with Allaah, such as supplicating to the dead or calling upon the living who are absent The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said (This was reported by Baihaqi, declared authentic by Al-Albani in Ahadith Sahiha #l932)

The statement of "I testify that Muhammad (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is the Messenger of Allaah," means, "None has the right to be followed after Allaah's Book (The Qur'an), but Allaah's Messenger," Allaah said: "And whatsoever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain from it". (al Qur'an 59:7)

In conclusion, it is from the understanding of Tawheed [Islamic Monotheism] that will enter a person into Paradise and confirms that Islam is the only Monotheistic Religion and way of life acceptable to the Creator.

Allaah, The Exalted said: " Say you (0 Muhammad ): "This is my way, I invite unto Allaah (i.e. to the Oneness of Allaah - Islamic Monotheism) (with sure knowledge), and whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Allaah (i.e. to the Oneness of Allaah - Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge. And Glorified and Exalted is Allaah (above all they associate as partners with Him), and I am not of the polytheists. " (Al Qur'an 12:108)

Ibn Abbas (a companion of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam.)) narrated: When Allaah's Messenger sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said, "You will come upon the people of the book (Christians and Jews), let your first act be to call them to testify' that - There is nothing worthy of worship in truth but Allaah". (Bukhari #1389)

All the prophets of Allaah including; Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes, Jesus, and Muhammad (alayhim asalaam), all invited the people to the same thing. To worship The One God without any partners, son or associates. In order to understand why we must worship Allaah (The One True God), we must first accept the Oneness of the Lordship of Allaah i.e.

Tawheed ar-Rububiyyah. This means to believe that there is only One Lord for everything that exists, its Creator, Organizer, Originator, Planner, Sustainer, Authority, Giver of Security, etc. and this is Allaah (One God) The belief in the Lordship of One God cannot be separated by the act of worshipping the One God i.e.

Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah. This means to believe that none has right to be worshipped (e.g. praying, invoking, asking for help from the unseen,

And this was the call of all of the Prophets and Messengers. The third and final category of Tawheed is known as Tawhed al Asma wa Sifat which is to single Allaah out with His Beautiful Names an Lofty Attributes. So Allaah is the Bestower of Mercy and The Most High and only He has and therefore deserves to be called by these names. La ilaha illah Allaah (None Has the Right in Truth to be worshipped except Allaah) is the foundation of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) and Islam. It is a complete system of life, through which, all forms of worship (of Allaah) are realized. That happens when a Muslim submits himself to Allaah, and calls upon Him alone, and refers all issues (of right and wrong ) to His Law, to the exclusion of all other systems of law

The word ilah (i.e. God), means the One who is obeyed and not defied, out of one's sense of awe and reverence, love, fear, and hope, placing one's trust in Him, asking Him and supplicating to Him alone. Whoever directs any of these matters (which are the rights of Allaah) to a created being, has detracted from the sincerity of his statement La ilaha illah Allaah and he has worshipped that created being