Sat 13th Jul 2019
Chapter 2: The necessity of learning the Islamic Aqeedah
- Obligation to learn the islamic aqeedah – understand its meaning and what it is built upon
- Understand what opposes the correct aqeedah, and what rectifies your deficiencies
- S. Muhammad: 19
- Knowledge rectifies your intentions
- The need to understand the meaning of laa ilaaha illa Allah and acting upon it
- Muhammad (ﷺ) became a Prophet at the age of 40 and for more than a decade he taught tawheed
- It is obligatory that a person focuses on learning about aqeedah
- Learning about people of bidah (innovation)
- In the Quran there are many verses about aqeedah especially the Meccan surahs
- S. Fatihah: Ibnul-Qayyim says: know that this surah it incorporates the core objectives, principles. Three names of Allah. Everything is done for the sake of Allah.
- Iyyaka na’budu – our worship only to Allah
- Iyyaka nastain – we ask Allah only
- Seeking guidance from Allah – “guide us to the straight path”
- Recompense of the servants, day of judgement – hell or paradise
- The whole quran includes both types of tawheed:
- Tawheed with regards to knowledge and information (tawheed al-rububiyyah and Asmaa was-sifat)
- Tawheed of actions (tawheed al-uluhiyyah)
- Many people read the Qur’an but don’t understand the correct aqeedah, instead they follow their forefathers
- There are three types of tawheed: the salaf mentioned it as well (Abu Hanifa etc.)
- These categories are taken from the Quran (S. Fatihah, S. Nas)
- “Hakimiyyah” is a subcategory of tawheed al-rububiyyah, not an individual type of tawheed
Chapter 3: Preaching the Muslim Aqeedah
- Calling the people to the correct aqeedah
- S. Baqarah: 256-257
- All Messengers and Prophets (may peace be upon them all) began their mission to tell people to worship Allah alone and stay away from the false deities (S. Hud: 50, S. Nahl: 36)
- Rectify the aqeedah in the people
- Firm foundation – correct aqeedah
- Muadh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) was sent to Yemen to call people to the correct aqeedah (tawheed)
- For 13 years the Prophet (ﷺ) preached tawheed (Oneness of Allah) in Mecca, before teaching about zakah, jihad, salah, hajj and the halal and Haraam rulings (drinking, usury, adultery)
- The statement of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdulwahhab