Sheikh Ameen El-Ansary Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 163 | Size: 4 MB
Allaah The Almighty has created all of
His worshipers as Muslims, testifying the Oneness of Allaah The
Almighty; however, the devils came to them and changed their religion
and corrupt their faith. Allaah The Almighty says in Al-Hadeeth
Al-Qudsi: ‘I have created all My slaves with the inclination to worship
Me alone, but the devils come to them and turn them away from their
religion. They forbid to them that which I have permitted to them, and
they tell them to associate others with Me, for which I have not sent
down any authority.”1
So whenever people commit any form of
Shirk, Allaah The Almighty sends His Prophets, peace be upon them, with
the suitable forms of Tawheed.
Some of them have disbelieved in the
Lord, the Creator such as Thamood and Fir‘awn… so Allaah The Almighty
sent the Prophets, peace be upon them, to inform them about their Lord
and their Creator as Moosa (Moses), peace be upon him, said to Fir‘awn
(as Allaah The Almighty says on his behalf):
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ
{“And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?”}[An-Naazi‘aat 19]
Some of them disbelieved in the matter of
the Names and Attributes of Allaah The Almighty such as the Jews and
the Christians who said: “Allaah is the third of three” And that “ He
has a wife and a child.” Exalted is He and High above what they say by
great sublimity. Allaah The Almighty says:
{Say, “He is
Allah , [who is] One, Allah , the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor
is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent.}[Al-Ikhlaas 1-4]
Although most of them know that Allaah
The Almighty is the Lord and know some of His Names and Attributes, they
committed Shirk by associating others in worshiping Allaah The Almighty
and taking them as their gods as Allaah The Almighty says:
{And most of them believe not in Allah except while they associate others with Him.}[Yoosuf 106]
Therefore, Allaah The Almighty sent all
the Prophets, peace be upon them, and the last of them, Prophet
Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, to call and invite them to
worship Allaah The Almighty alone and renouncing worshiping others than
Him and taking Him as their One worshiped God Who has no partner. Allaah
The Almighty says:
{And We
certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], “Worship Allah
and avoid Taghut (all false deities, etc. i.e. do not worship Taghut
besides Allah).}[An-Nahl 36]
As our time has a lot of Fitan
(Tribulations and trials), the three different categories of Shirk have
occurred; rather, the Satanism also has appeared ‘Sufficient for us is
Allaah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.’ Ignorance has become
widespread and all the matters have changed. That is exactly what the
infallible Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Tribulations
will come like patches of dark night, when a man will wake up as a
believer and by evening he will be a Kaafir (disbeliever), or in the
evening he will be a believer and by morning he will be a Kaafir,
selling his religion for some worldly gains.”2
No one will be saved from them except by
the sound knowledge and good deeds as it is mentioned in the narration
reported by Ibn Maajah: “There would be tribulations, when a man will
wake up as a believer and by evening he will be a Kaafir (disbeliever),
except the one whom Allaah The Almighty endowed with knowledge.”
We ask Allaah The Almighty earnestly to protect us from the Fitan, what is apparent of them and what is concealed.
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1 Reported by Muslim (5019).
2 Reported by At-Tirmithi.
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Contents:
An Introduction to the History of Shirk (Associating Others with Allah)
And Tawheed (Monotheism)
What do you think of Allaah The Almighty?
Do you know Allaah The Almighty?
This is Allaah The Almighty
This is Allaah …The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
Moreover, you find Him More Merciful than the mother to her child
If the Kaafir [disbeliever] knew how great the Mercy Allaah is, he would have hope in
His Paradise
His Mercy makes the beasts, insects and other moving creatures merciful to each others
He descends every night and calls upon His worshippers to bestow mercy upon them
This is Allaah “The Good, The Almighty and The Exalted.”
Allaah The Almighty, The Exalted laughs… is there anything more beautiful than that?
This is Allaah, Al-Wadood (the Ever-Affectionate), The Almighty, The Exalted
Furthermore, He The Exalted loves to meet those who love Him
He also loves your speech about Him The Exalted
He loves your marks and traces (marks of the tears of your eyes and that of your foot)
He The Exalted draws near to you more than you draw near to Him The Exalted
This is Allaah, The Ever-Forgiving, The Oft-Forgiving, The Almighty,
The Exalted
You find Him vast in forgiveness
He The Exalted, moreover, forgives all sins
Allaah The Almighty stretches out His hand to forgive the sinners.
He The Exalted also rejoices over the repentance of His slaves
He The Exalted loves those who are constantly repentant
He The Exalted replaces the evil deeds with good ones. Allaah The Almighty says
He The Exalted conceals in the worldly life and forgives in the Hereafter
This is Allaah, Al-Wadood (the Ever-Affectionate), The Almighty, The Exalted
Furthermore, He The Exalted loves to meet those who love Him
He also loves your speech about Him The Exalted
He loves your marks and traces (marks of the tears of your eyes and that of your foot)
He The Exalted draws near to you more than you draw near to Him The Exalted:. 16
This is Allaah, The Ever-Forgiving, The Oft-Forgiving, The Almighty, The Exalted
You find Him vast in forgiveness
He The Exalted, moreover, forgives all sins
Allaah The Almighty stretches out His hand to forgive the sinners
He The Exalted also rejoices over the repentance of His slaves
He The Exalted loves those who are constantly repentant
He The Exalted replaces the evil deeds with good ones. Allaah The Almighty says
He The Exalted conceals in the worldly life and forgives in the Hereafter
This is Allaah, The Modest, The Most Generous (the Most Generous to whom one may ask something)
This is Allaah The Almighty: He loves modesty and concealment
Congratulation to the one whom Allaah The Almighty has concealed
He conceals whoever conceals the faults of a Muslim
He punishes whoever discloses the faults of Muslims
This is Allaah, The Most Appreciative and The Most Forbearing.
He The Exalted accepts the morsel or the date and makes it as a mountain
With half of a date, He The Exalted will save you from the Hellfire
This is Allaah; The Superb Provider, The Superb Bestower, TheAlmighty, The Exalted
Allaah The Almighty says
This is Allaah Who is Beautiful in His Attributes, Self and Actions.
This is Allaah Who is The Ever-Living Who does not die
This is Allaah, The First Who has no beginning, The Last Who has no end
This is Allaah…“The Sovereign, The Pure, The Exalted in Might, The Ever-Wise.”
This is Allaah…The Creator, The Inventor, The Fashioner
Principles related to the Names and Attributes of Allaah The Almighty.
1. All the Names of Allaah The Almighty are Most Beautiful and all of His Attributes are Sublime
2. They are free from all defects and evils
3. None of His creation is similar to Him
4. Allaah The Almighty cannot be known except through the Noble Quran and Honorable Sunnah
5. All of the creation cannot encompass Him in their knowledge in any way
6.Memorizing and preservation of the Beautiful Names of Allaah The Almighty
7. Calling upon Allaah The Almighty by His Beautiful Names
First: Invocation of request For instance
Second: Invocation of praise and commendation
Third: The invocation of worship and faith
It is forbidden to use any of the Beautiful Names of Allaah The Almighty as names for others
Changing of such names
Nations that went astray regarding the Names and Attributes of Allaah The Almighty
Jews describe Allaah The Almighty with poorness
They (the Jews) describe Him The Almighty also with miserliness
Al-Ashaa‘rah (Asharites) is eviler than the Jews
Jews and Christains claim that “Allaah has a son”
Christians do not differentiate between Allaah The Almighty and humans
This is what Al-Maseeih (Jesus the Christ), peace be upon him, said
They said that Allaah The Almighty is the third of three
This is the reply of Allaah The Almighty on them
They even claimed that Allaah feels tired
This is the refutation of Allaah The Almighty for their claim
They believe that Allaah The Almighty sleeps
Al-Jahmiyyah (Jahmites) denied the Attributes of Allaah The Almighty
By denying such attributes of Allaah The Almighty they have committed two gross sins
Just look at their wicked beliefs and how they invent lies about Allaah The Almighty in their sayings
Is there any authentic Hadeeth mentions the Most Beautiful Names of Allaah The Almighty?
Firstly, the Names that are mentioned derived from the actions
Secondly, the names that were derived from annexed and compound names or the names that are restricted by another word
Fourthly, the names that are mentioned in weak Hadeeths
Who is your Lord?
That is Allaah The Almighty; your Lord
Whoever is content with Allaah as his Lord will enter Paradise
What does the Lord do? What are the descriptions of the Lord?
All favors and blessings are from Allaah The Almighty. Allaah The Almighty says
The Lord is the One Who can heal the sickness alone
The Lord is the One Who created all things alone
The Lord is the Provider alone
The Lord is the One Who teaches
A comprehensive description of the Lord
Worship is a right for the Lord the Almighty alone
La adoración es un derecho para el Señor Todopoderoso solamente
Al-lâh el Todopoderoso dice
Nations that do not know their Lord
They believe that forgiveness is in their hand
Communists deny that this universe should have a Lord
Is it sufficient to be a Muslim to know that Allaah The Almighty is the Lord?
The disbelievers of Quraish know that Allaah is the Creator
Iblees (Satan), may Allaah curse him, knows that Allaah The Almighty is his Lord and Creator
Say as universe says: Laa ‘ilaaha illa Allaah (there is no deity except Allaah)
A poet once said
A great king exalts Allaah “the Most High, the Most Great”
All things prostrate to Allaah The Almighty
Sun prostrate for Allaah The Almighty under the Throne
Star prostrates along with the tree to its Lord and Creator
Even the inkwell and the pen both prostrate to the One Who sent down the Holy Quran, Glorified be He
Stones, trees and clay recite Talbiyah with the one who assumes Ihraam for Hajj or ‘Umrah
Submissiveness of the mountains to the Speech of Allaah The Almighty
Stones split, fall down and cry for fear of Allaah The Almighty
Anger of the heavens, earth and mountains
Enmity of trees and stones to the Jews for the Sake of Allaah The Almighty
Even the bodies of the disbelievers worship and obey Allaah The Almighty
The bodies of the Jews change to the bodies of apes and swines
Hearings, eyes and skins will testify against their owners
Even the fire worships Allaah, the All-Mighty, the Irresistible – Exalted and Glorified be He
The wolf invite for Laa ‘ilaaha illallaah (there is no deity except Allaah)
A nation was guided on the hands of the hoopoe
All creatures love the callers to Allaah The Almighty
Ants are a nation that glorifies Allaah The Almighty
The best one is who bore witness that “Laa ‘ilaaha illa Allaah (there is no deity except Allaah).
The most evil one who bore witness of it
Allaah The Almighty says
God, exalted and glorified be He
The greatest proof in the religion speaks about God
he recited the following poetic verse
The meaning of “Laa ‘ilaaha illallaah (there is no deity except Allaah)”.
Who is God?
Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said
Amongst the virtues of Laa ilaaha illa Allaah (there is no god but Allaah).
1. Making property and blood sacred[i.e., it is forbidden to seize his property or shed his blood]
2. Entering Paradise
3. Allaah The Almighty will make the Hellfire forbidden for him.
4. One will be brought forth from of the Hellfire because of saying and believing in it
5. Those who worship Allaah The Almighty alone will be benefited from the deeds of their offspring
6. Laa ilaaha illallaah is the heaviest thing in the Balance
7. One will be among the most blessed by the intercession
8. Those who worship Allaah The Almighty alone are the intercessors in the worldly life and Hereafter
9. Acceptance of deeds
10. Forgiveness
11. Whoever abides by the requirements of ‘laa ilaaha illallaah’ will
enter paradise without being brought to account or being punished
Warning against Shirk (associating others with Allaah The Almighty)
Examples of the anger of the false deities for their divinity
Shirk is the gravest sin ever
Shirk will never be forgiven
Allaah The Almighty does not accept the deeds of the polytheists
The polytheists will abide in the Hellfire eternally
The polytheists will be deprived from sighting Allaah The Almighty
Allaah The Almighty will forget the polytheists
The supplications of the disbelievers are not accepted
They will be deprived from entering Paradise forever
The disbelievers are the enemies of Allaah The Almighty
Associating others with Allaah The Almighty is monstrous injustice
Associating others with Allaah The Almighty is the greatest reason of fear in the worldly life and Hereafter
How many gods do you worship?
Negation then affirmation
Laa ilaaha illallaah (there is no god but Allaah); Why?
1. For He The Almighty is the creator alone and no one other than Him creates anything
2. For He The Almighty is the Provider alone and no one else than Him can provide
3. For He The Almighty is the only King and no one else than Him owns anything
4. For benefit and harm are only determined by Allaah The Almighty alone.
“So know that there is no god but Allaah” None is truly worthy of worship except Allaah
He is only one God
1. Worship is entirely a right for Allaah The Almighty Alone
2. Love belongs wholly to Allaah The Almighty Alone
3. Fear should be from Allaah The Almighty alone
4. Du‘aa’ (supplication) should be dedicated for Allaah The Almighty alone
5. Mosques are for Allaah The Almighty alone
6. Prayers and sacrifice should be done for the sake of Allaah The Almighty alone
7. Seeking refuge is to be from Allaah The Almighty alone
8. One is to call upon Allaah The Almighty alone
9. Seeking help is to be from Allaah The Almighty alone
10. Tawassul (seeking to draw close) is to be for Allaah The Almighty Alone
11. Decree and judgment are for Allaah The Almighty alone
12 Dedicating religion wholly for Allaah The Almighty alone
13. Seeking reward from Allaah The Almighty alone
14. Swearing should be by Allaah The Almighty alone
15. Even life and death is for Allaah The Almighty alone
“Is there a deity with Allaah?”
1. All the deities that are worshiped instead of Allaah The Almighty are created and Allaah The Almighty is the Creator alone
2. All gods other than Allaah The Almighty are separate and quarreling:.99
3. Gods that eat, drink and give birth
4. How a great patience Allaah The Almighty shows towards them!
5. Gods that are Poor and bankrupt
6. Gods that are themselves slaves to Allaah The Almighty
7. Gods that sleep and die
8. All gods other than Allaah The Almighty are falsehood
9. Gods worshiped are weaker than the flies
10. Gods that do not hear, do not see, do not benefit and do not harm
11. Gods that are made by the hands of their worshipers
12. Gods that have nothing except mere names in the hearts of their makers
13. Gods that are ugly
14. Gods that lead their worshipers and makers to the Hellfire
15. Gods that will be punished along with their makers in the Hellfire
Forms of the false deities
Worship of Shytaan (Satan)
Some people worship stones
Jews loves the worshiping of idols
The Far East in the modern age worships “the idol of Buddha”
Glory be to Allaah! They created the statues with their hands and then worshiped them
Some people worship the idols
Glorifying shrines and graves make them idols
Cow
Jews are more wicked than the Indians
Trees
Even the insects and the mice
How truthful is the saying of the one who said about them
Worshiped deities will disassociated themselves from those who worshiped them
1. Angels will disassociate themselves from those who used to worship them
2.‘Isa (Jesus) will disassociate himself from those who worshiped him
3..Here is some of what the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did in this regard
He, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited exaggerating over him in praise and commendation
He, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited calling upon him instead of Allaah The Almighty
He, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited taking his grave as a place of worship
He, peace and blessings be upon him, implored Allaah The Almighty so that his grave may not be worshiped
He, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited taking his grave as a place of festivity
Amongst the forms of Shirk and its causes
Exaggeration about the righteous
The first kind of Shirk in the worldly life is cause by the exaggeration over the righteous
Slaughtering for someone other than Allaah The Almighty
Attributing provision for other than Allaah The Almighty
Showing off and dedicating deeds for other than the sake of Allaah The Almighty
Obeying those who allowed what is prohibited or prohibited what is allowed
Disliking something of the religion of Islam
Mocking at something that contains the mention of Allaah The Almighty, Quran or the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him
Learning magic and acting upon it
Going to soothsayers, fortunetellers and sorcerers
Tatayyur (superstitious belief in bird or other bad omens)
Hanging up amulets, string and iron ring
Non-prescribed Ruqyah, amulets and love charms
Laa ‘ilaaha illa Allaah (there is no deity except Allaah) is the call of the Prophets and Messengers
It is also his invitation to his son
It is the invitation of Hood (Hud), peace be upon him, to ‘Aad
It is the call of Saalih (Saleh), peace be upon him, to Thamood
It is the advice of Luqmaan to his son
It is the invitation of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, to his people
The nation of monotheism was saved by Abu Bakr
Supplicating Allaah, Glorified and Exalted be He, with His Names.
1. Sincerity in saying Laa ilaaha illa Allaah (there is no god but Allaah)
2. An answered supplication
3. Supplication to be said at the times of calamities and distresses
4. Supplication of Saarah for the distressed women
5. Supplication of Yoonus, peace be upon him, is answered for every Muslim:
6. Reciting Ash-Shahadataan (The Two Testimonies of Faith( after Wudoo’ (ablution) opens up the gates of the Paradise
7. The best speech
8. Ten times will have the reward for freeing four slaves
9. Hundred times will have a great reward and protection from the outcast Satan
10. Supplication to be said before sleeping:.136
11. Supplication which Allaah The Almighty responds to its reciter and saves him from the Hellfire
12. Sayyid Al-Istighfaar (the most superior way of asking for forgiveness), then Paradise
Is there any authentic Hadeeth that combines all of the Most Beautiful
Names of Allaah The Almighty?
Perspectives of the scholars regarding such narrations
The narration of At-Tirmithi mentioned some added names and they are as follows Names that are derived from the verbs
In the following lines, we will mention some of the names that are
proved not to be among the Most Beautiful names of Allaah The Almighty
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