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So, you're first class is over - it was short and sweet, and therein you learnt that tawheed is the belief that Allaah is One and Unique in His Lordship, His Names & Attributes and His Right to be worshipped.
Your next class begins with your class instructor again asking you to define tawheed. Mashaa`Allaah you roll it off your tongue with ease. The instructor then asks:
"What are the categories of tawheed and what are the proofs for them?"
You say:
"There are three categories of tawheed:
1. Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah
2. Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat
3. Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah."
"Mashaa`Allaah, Muhammad (or Faatima), well done. Now, what does each mean and what is the PROOF for each?"
You confidently state that...
1. Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah is the Oneness of Allaah's Lordship: Allaah is separate and singled out from His creation. He is the Sovereign over all affairs and the One who Creates and Sustains.
2. Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat is the Uniqueness of Allaah's Names & Attributes: stating only the Names and Attributes He has taught us and singling His qualities from that of His creation. Not distorting His Names, nor denying them.
3. Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah is the Oneness of Allaah in the right to be worshipped such to the extent that none is worshipped alongside Him or other than Him and acts of worship are done solely for Him.
"Oh Muhammad (Faatima), what is your proof that there are these three categories of tawheed?"
Do you begin to stutter? Scratch you head, maybe? Look to the heavens for some divine inspiration? Where in our religious texts does it state there are three categories of tawheed? Are we all mislead in this regard - subhaanAllaah, have we made something up?
No, rather you will not find any explicit mention of these three categories of tawheed in the Qur`aan and Sunnah, but why not look to the Mother of the Book - Soorah al-Faatiha - and see what you can find.
--> Verse 2: Alhamdulillaahi Rabbil-'Aalameen: All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)
--> Verse 3: Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem: The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
--> Verse 5: Iyyaaka na'budu wa iyyaaka nasta'een: You alone we worship, and you alone we ask for help.
SubhaanAllaah, all this time we've been reciting this soorah, and yet many of us are ignorant to the fact that we are affirming the three categories of tawheed. Verse 2 implicitly directs us to 1. Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah, while verse 3 directs us to Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat and verse 5 demonstrates Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah.
In the next instalment, I will delve into Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah, inshaa`Allaah. It'll be a heart-softening entry, bi`idnillaah. Never will you say "Rabb" the way you used to. May Allaah facilitate for us our affairs and make these entries a benefit for me and all those who read it, aameen. Wa laa tawfeeq illa billaah (and there is no success except with Allaah).
Wa subhaanak Allaahumma wa bihamdik. Ash-hadu al-laa illaaha illa ant. Astaghfiruka, wa atoobu ilayk.
~ Umm Junayd.
Your Thoughts
Wa 'alaikumus-salaam.
Yes, I know there are some people who believe in a fourth category of tawheed, but if one actually took the time to study the linguistic and shar'ee definitions of the word 'rabb', one would find that 'Tawheed al-Haakimiyyah' is in fact merged within Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah.
Wallaahu ta'aala a'lam.
As-salaamu 'alaikum
One has to wonder why one would be taught Tawheed al-Haakimiyyah as a separate category in the first place or why one would focus entirely on it whilst neglecting the deviations that are carried out in opposition to Tawheed al-Uloohiyyah and Tawheed al-Asma was-Sifaat.
And Allaah knows best!
Assalamu'alaikum,
The first thing that popped into my head was hmmm... "Hmmm... you think you know, but you don't."
Yes, I too always thought there were four branches of taoheed... I'll do some reading and get back to you. I'm still going hmmm... in my head.
Wa 'alaikumus-salaam Eka.
I know the feeling - I too was going hmmm... and subhaanAllaah during the tawheed course I took.
When one studies something as 'simple' as tawheed, and realises how deep it is, you are humbled with the realisation that what you know does not even equate to a drop in the many oceans of knowledge Islaam has!
Alhamdulillaah we've been given a little knowledge, however, we must still strive for more and never be content with that which we THINK we know.
You're right. One keeps learning. And may Allah guide us in doing so, for His's sake. Ameen.
I was looking through Taoheed Ar-Roboobeeyah again and it's definition of Allah as the Soverign over everything is inclusive of Him being the Sole giver/maker of the laws that guide His creations. Sovereignty is an all inclusive word.
I'm just thinking, perhaps some poeple add Taoheed Al-Hakimiyyah because these laws play a crucial role in our lives as Muslims. Perhaps they felt the urge to spell it out so as to clear up doubts.
If that may be the case, then I believe the solution is proper knowledge. If one thorougly understood Taoheed Ar-Roboobeeyah, there should be no doubts at all.
May Allah continue to increase us in knowledge.
Ah, but is the understanding of Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah sufficient to call oneself a Muslim?? Try to muse over my latest post and post your thoughts inshaa`Allaah.
As-salaamu 'alaikum
I think that one of the reasons that they add it as a separate category and single it out from the aspects of Tawheed categorised by the scholars of old is for political reasons; they then use it to charge the rulers with disbelief whilst forgetting that ruling by what Allaah revealed applies to them (the ruled) too. Many of the scholars of today, such as al-eUthaymeen and bin Baaz have stated that making al-Haakimiyyah a separate category of Tawheed is an innovation.
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Thanks for the page but i was also taught tawheed Hakimiya, do u mind if i send u some text on it.
Salam