Islaam 101

Week 2: Belief in Allaah

 Categories
► Allaah’s Lordship (‫)ربوبية‬
 He is the Creator
 He is the Sustainer
 He is the Owner or Sovereign
► Allaah’s Names and Attributes ‫وصفات‬
( ‫)أسماء وصفا‬
‫ت‬
 As Allaah describes Himself
 As His Prophet (may Allaah exalt his mention)
authentically described Him
► Allaah’s Worship (‫)عبودية‬
 Our acts are done for His sake alone and according to
His guidance
 Tawheed Ar-Ruboobeeyah

We already discussed this last week.

 Tawheed Al-Asmaa’ was-Sifaat
► Without making similarities
► Without distorting the wording or meaning
► Without asserting how it is

ِ ‫ْس َك ِم ْثلِ ِه َشيْ ٌء َوه َُو ال َّس ِمي ُع ْال َب‬

)11 :‫صي ُر (الشورى‬ َ ‫َلي‬
“There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the
Hearing, the Seeing” (42: 11)
 Tawheed Al-’Uboodeeyah
► All acts of worship are done for His sake
 “Certainly every deed is based only on an
intention, and everyone will only get that which
they intended…” (Agreed Upon)
► Allacts of worship are done according to His
guidance
 “Whoever introduces into this affair of ours
something that is not from it, it is rejected.”
(Agreed Upon)
 ?What is Worship
► Worship
 Whatever is done seeking the Pleasure of Allaah
and His Acceptance
►Externally
 Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage, etc.
►Internally
 Hope, Fear, Love, Hate, etc.

This is the definition favored by Ibn Taymeeyah (may

Allaah show him mercy) in his book Al-’Uboodeeyah.
 ?What is Tawheed
► Tawheed
 Among the advices the Prophet (may Allaah exalt his
mention) gave to the Companion he sent to Yemen was
that he should start by instructing the people in the
Unique Unity of Allaah (‫)ي وحدوا‬.
► As Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (may Allaah preserve him)
likes to say; it is Unique Unity, because you can have one of
something, but it doesn’t mean there’s another one somewhere
else. By saying ‘unique’ it clarifies that it is ‘one’ and that there
is no other.
Proof for the Three Categories
‫اس‬
ِ ‫ن‬َّ ‫ال‬ ِّ‫ب‬‫ر‬َ ‫ب‬
ِ ُ
‫ُوذ‬ ‫ع‬َ ‫قُ ْل أ‬
‫اس‬ِ ‫َملِ ِك ال َّن‬
ِ ‫إِ َل ِه ال َّن‬
‫اس‬
(3-1 ‫س‬ : ‫)ا لنا‬

“Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

The Sovereign of mankind,
The God of mankind,…’”
(114: 1-3)
 ?What is Faith
► This is the question which was asked by Jibreel.
 As Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips likes to distinguish;
there is a difference between knowledge and faith.
► We can know something and not have ‘faith’ in it.
 For example; the knowledge of Quraysh of the Prophet and His
Message, yet they rejected and disbelieved
► ‘Faith’ requires us the have some certainty and TRUST
 (‫ )إيمان‬comes from the Arabic root which means “to trust”
► We must trust in our knowledge of Allaah and His Prophet,
and the Message of Islaam enough to apply it in our lives;
internally and externally.
 Association
► Ash-Shirk (‫الشرك‬ )
 Major
► Disbelief

 Minor
► Sin

Frequently you’ll find the Prophet (may Allaah exalt his

mention) instruct us to believe in Allah and not
associate anything with Him

This is affirmation (belief in Allaah) and negation (no

association), which are pillars of the Testimony.