​Discuss the significance of Tawheed

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The significance of Tawheed.

1. It is the pillar upon which  Islam is built. The Prophet said "Islam is built upon five  : the Tawheed of Allah …..(Muslim no.  19) 
2. The greatest need for mankind, since there is no life for the hearts or delight or tranquility except through knowing their Lord, the one to be worshipped, the creator. 
3. It was the key and essence of the call of the messengers "Verily we have sent to every nation a messenger saying worship Allah and avoid the worship of false gods" (Q:16:36) 
4. Because Allah has created us to worship Him, " I have not created the jinn and mankind but to worship me" then how can we worship Allah, if we don't know who He is?  It is only through knowledge of His names and attributes we can learn about Allah. 
5. Firmness upon the Deen, excellence in this world and salvation in the Hereafter is built upon this. a) because when you know Allah, His names, attributes and Actions this necessitates loving Him, fearing Him, placing reliance upon Him etc. b) when you know what Allah loves and is pleased with or angered and displeased with, you will rush to fulfill what He loves and avoid what He hates. 
6. Its great emphasis in the Quran  The Quran begins with Tawheed (al Fatihah) and ends with Tawheed (al  Ikhlas) likewise the greatest ayaat in the Quran describes Tawheed (of knowledge) 
7. The prophet began his day with Tawheed by reciting Surat al kafiroon and  Ikhlas in the Sunnah of fajr and end with reciting these two Surahs in the witr prayer. (related by Muslim) 
8. The prophet mentioned it during his last illness (shows its importance) when he said “the curse of Allah be upon the Jews and the Christians for they took the graves of their prophets as places of worship." (Bukhari) 
9. It's the first thing the prophet invited to and preached to for thirteen years. "Say, none has the right to be worshipped and thus be successful." (ahmad) And he ordered his companions to preach Tawheed when sending them to various communities. He sent Mu’adh ibn Jabal to Yemen saying " indeed you are going to the people of the book so let the first thing that you invite them to be the Tawheed of Allah" (Bukhari ) 
10. You have to compromise the three aspects together and not just believe in one, merely with the meaning "the one who has the power to create and originate" as the Arab mushriks used to agree that Allah alone is the creator of everything, despite this they were still mushriks. Plus this was not the true reality which Allah sent the messengers with. But rather we must believe in his Ruboobiyah, uloohiyah Asma was Sifaat together. 
11. When you believe in the three aspects of Tawheed. i.e. Ruboobiyah- you will negate any source of harm, blessing, power from any other than Allah. Uloohiyah- this will stop you  from committing shirk. Asma was Sifaat - to have the correct knowledge of this will prevent you from distorting any of Allah's Names and Attributes, or explaining them, or denying them or asking how they are. 
12. If a person dies upon this he will enter Paradise. When the Jewish boy accepted  Islam, the Prophet (s.a.w) said, "All praise is for Allah who saved this boy from the fire." Although this person had no good deeds. (Bukhari) 
13. Tawheed is a condition for an action to be accepted, because for a deed to be accepted it requires 2 conditions. a) The intention is purely for Allah (Tawheed al ibadah) b)  It must be in accordance with the Shariah of Muhammad 
14. It strengthens ones heart and makes one firmer and well rooted. Then as a result ones deeds will multiply and likewise his worship of Allah will be greater. 
15. It makes it easier to fulfill the commands of Allah and leave the prohibitions as Aisha said: "had the first revelation been do not drink and fornicate or commit adultery etc they would have said we shall not give up adultery and fornication etc." (Bukhari ) 
16. For it was only after Tawheed was understood by the companions and had settled in their hearts that Allah began to order them with various commands.  

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