THREE TYPES OF TAWHEED

Tawheed-ar-Ruboobiyya (Oneness of the Lordship of Allah).

To believe that there is only one Lord for all the universe, its Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, Maintainer, etc., and that is Allah swt.

Tawheed-al-Uloohiyya (Oneness of the worship of Allah).

To believe that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah. Worship comes in the form of praying, invoking, asking for help from the unseen or anything believed to be a deity (i.e. idols), swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, etc.

"And the mosques are for Allâh (Alone), so invoke not anyone along with Allâh." [Surah Al-Jinn 72:18].

"Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I am only a man like you. It has been inspired to me that your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God i.e. Allâh). So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." [Surah Al-Kahf 18:110]

Tawheed-al-Asma was-Sifat (Oneness of the Names/Attributes of Allah)

To believe that all the best of names/attributes (i.e. "The Most Merciful", etc.) belong to Allah as described in the Qur'an and by Prophet Muhammad(Sallaallaah alayhi wa Salam), and must not be twisted or expanded upon nor given similtude to human characteristics.

"Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): 'He is Allâh, (the) One. Allâh-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.' " [Surah Al-Ikhlas 112].

"...There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." [Surah Ash-Shura 42:11]



Dawat-us-Salafiyyah maintains that these three principles of Tawheed are inseparable from one another because they are the pillars of the meaning of the testimony: "Laa ilaaha il Allah" (There is nothing which has the right to be worshipped except Allah). Dawat-us-salafiyyah encourages the Muslim to apply Tawheed to his or her daily way of thinking and acting......