التوحيد والشرك
Tawḥīd and Shirk
The meaning of tawḥīd and its categories, the shirk that negates it, and the refutation of the mushrikūn from the Qurʾān.
- Tawḥīd: Its Meaning, Its Categories and Its Purpose Tawḥīd in the language is to make a thing one; in the Sharīʿah it is to single Allah out with what belongs to Him alone: His lordship, His divinity, and His names and attributes. The Qurʾān states that the jinn and mankind were created for His…
- Shirk and the Refutation of the Mushrikūn Shirk is to set up a partner for Allah in what belongs to Him alone. The mushrikūn to whom the Prophet ﷺ was sent affirmed that Allah alone creates and owns all things; their shirk was in worship — calling upon intermediaries to bring them near…
- Intercession and Tawassul: The Lawful and the Forbidden All intercession belongs to Allah, and no one intercedes with Him except by His permission and for those with whom He is pleased. Asking a living person who is present to supplicate for you is legislated. Asking the dead for intercession, or drawing near to them…