Kitab At-Tawheed - Class 3 | Sheikh Abu Umar Abdulazeez

There are three aspects of Tawheed that scholars deduced from their thorough study of Sharee‘ah texts:

1- Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah [Oneness of Lordship]. Scholars defined this as belief in the oneness of the actions of Allaah The Almighty, meaning that we believe that Allaah The Almighty is the only Creator, Proprietor and Disposer of all affairs. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Allaah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.} [Quran 39:62]

2- Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah [Oneness of worship]. It means that people must dedicate all their acts of worship to Allaah The Almighty alone without associating any partner with Him. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone.} [Quran 18:110]

3- Tawheed Al-Asmaa' wa's-Sifaat [Oneness of His names and attributes]. It refers to describing Allaah The Almighty with the names and attributes that He described Himself with or His Messenger sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) described Him with, without distorting their wordings or meanings, nor denying them, nor asking how they are, nor drawing any resemblance between Allaah and any of His creation, nor stripping their real Sharee‘ah-defined interpretations of their meanings; all are in accordance with the saying of Allaah The Almighty (which means): {There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.} [Quran 42:11]