The importance of Aqeedah Tawhid:

1. Allah has ordered us to learn Tawhid before doing Ibaadat. (Surah Muhammad
Muhammad-49:19)

2. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored said,

(And I created not the Jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me.) meaning, `I,
Allah, only created them so that I order them to worship Me, not that I need them.' `Ali bin
Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,

(...except that
at they should worship Me.) meaning, "So that they worship Me, willingly or
unwillingly.'' Allah the Exalted said,

(I seek not any provision from them nor do I ask that they should feed Me. Verily, Allah is
the All-Provider,
Provider, Owner of power, the Most Strong.)
Stron Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah
bin Mas`ud said, "The
The Messenger of Allah taught the following:
following (‫ِﻴﻦ‬
‫ﺍ ْﻟ َﻤﺘِﻴﻦ‬ ِ‫ﺍ ْﻟﻘُ ﱠﻮﺓ‬ ‫ﺫُﻭ‬ ُ‫ﺍﻟ ﱠﺮﺯﱠﺍﻕ‬ ‫ﺃَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫)ﺇﺇﻧﱢﻲ‬
`Verily, I am the Provider, Owner of power, the Most Strong.' Abu Dawud, At At-Tirmidhi and
An-Nasa'i also collected this Hadith. At-Tirmidhi
At Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih. '' The meaning of this
Ayah (51:56) is that, Allah the Exalted, the Blessed created the creatures so that they worship
Him Alone without partners. Those who obey Him will be rewarded with the best rew rewards,
while those who disobey Him will receive the worst punishment from Him. Allah stated that
He does not need creatures, but rather, they are in need of Him in all conditions. He is alone
their Creator and Provider. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the
Messenger of Allah said,

(Allah the Exalted said, "O Son of Adam! Busy yourself in worshipping Me, and I will fill
your chest with riches and dissipate your meekness. Otherwise, I will fill your chest with
distracting affairs and will not do
d away with your meekness.'') At-Tirmidhi
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah
collected this Hadith and At-Tirmidhi
Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Gharib.'' The statement of Allah the
Exalted,

(And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a portion), indicates that they will recei
receive their
due share of the torment,

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 (like the evil portion (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten
on!) let them not ask that the punishment is rushed to them, for it will surely come,

(Then woe to those who disbelieve from their Day which they have been promised.)
meaning, the Day of Resurrection. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Adh-
Adh-Dhariyat; all
praise is due to Allah and all the favors come from Him Alone.

3. Allah said next: (Say: "Verily, my Salah, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah,
the Lord of the all that exists.") Allah commands the Prophet to inform the idolators who
worship other than Allah and sacrifice to something other than Him, that he opposes them in all
this, for his prayer is for Allah, and his rituals are in His Name alone, without partners. Allah
said in a similar statement,

(Therefore turn in prayer to your

our Lord and sacrifice.) ﴿108:2,, meaning, make your prayer and
sacrifice for Allah alone. As for the idolators, they used to worship the idols and sacrifice to
them, so Allah commanded the Prophet to defy them and contradict their practices. Allah, the
Exalted, commanded him to dedicate his intention and heart to being sincere for Him alone.
Mujahid commented,

(Verily, my prayer and my Nusuk...) refers to sacrificing during Hajj and `Umrah.

4. The first obligatory duty for a momin (slave) before performing Salaat, Fast, Zakat and Hajj is
to learn Tawhid.

Narrated by Ibn Abbas (RA): Allah’s Apostle said: Call people towards Tawhid first, and then
order them towards Fasting, Salaat, Zakat etc. (Sahih Bukhari & Sahih Muslim)
Muslim).

5. Narrated by Abu Huraira (RA):

Allah’s Apostle said: Remembrance of Tawhid “La ilaha illallah” refreshes your Imaan
Imaan.
(Musnad Ahmad).

Composed by Mohammed S Shahid Hussain

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