Tawhid of Allah

بسملله الرحمان الرحيم

We say concerning the tawhīd of Allāh that Allāh is One without any partners, not in His Lordship, Divinity or in His names and attributes.

So there is no creator besides Him and no lord besides Him. There is no provider, no master, and no one that disposes of the affairs in this existence except Him. We single out Allāh the Glorified in His actions, just as we single Him out in our actions as well.

So we single Him out in our acts of worship and in our intention and will for there is nothing that is worshipped in truth except Him, the Glorified so we testify just as Allāh testified for Himself, as well as the Angels and those endowed with knowledge as He is always maintaining His creation with justice. We testify that there is none that has the right to be worshipped but Him, al- Azīz (AlMIghty), al-Hakīm (Most Wise) . We say that while affirming what this mighty word affirms of singling out the worship for Allāh alone, as well as its necessary implications and rights. And we say that while also negating what it negates of the types of shirk and partnerships and what follows behind that.

And we believe that the purpose for which Allāh created the creation is worshiping Him alone, as the Most High said:

And I have not created mankind or Jinn except to worship Me. (Adhariyaat : 56)

And we call to singling Him, the Glorified out for all types of worship such as: prostration, bowing, vowing, tawaf, sacrifice, slaughter, supplication, legislation or other than it.

“Say, “Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying is for Allāh the Lord of the worlds without any partner. With that I have been commanded and I am the first of the Muslims.” (An'am 162-163)

And the command of the Lord, the Glorified includes both the universal and legislative command. So therefore, just as He, the Glorified is alone in the divine decree in that He is the one who disposes of the affairs in the universe and the One who judges in it what He wants as according to His wisdom. So similarly, we single Him, the Glorified, out in His legislative ruling. Therefore, we do not associate any one in His ruling and we do not associate any one in His worship.

“Certainly, to Him belong the creation and the command. Blessed is Allāh the Lord of the worlds.” (A'raaf: 54)

Hence, the halāl is what Allāh made halāl and the harām is what He made harām:

“The ruling is for none but Allāh. He has commanded that you worship none but Him.” (Yusuf 40)

So there is no legislator in truth but Him, the Glorified and Most High. We declare enmity and disavowal and we remove and disbelieve in every legislator besides Him, so we seek none besides Him as a lord and we do not take anyone besides Him the Glorified as a Protecting Friend and we seek no other dīn besides Islam. Therefore, whoever takes a judge and legislator besides Him the Glorified following him and traversing with him in his legislation that is in opposition to the legislation of Allāh, then he has taken a lord besides Allāh and sought a religion besides Islām.

The Most High said:

“And certainly, the Shayātīn do inspire their friends (from mankind) to dispute with you, and if you obey them, then you would indeed be mushrikūn (polytheists).” (An'aam 121)

And the Most High said:

“They took their Rabbis and Monks as lords besides Allāh.”  (At-Tawba : 31)

(from the words of Sheikh Abu Muhammad in 'This is our Aqeedah).....