Aqeedha Lesson - Belief In Thawheedh - Part 1

All praise is due to Allah, and May Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon His Final Messenger, his pure family, his noble Companions, and all those who follow them with righteousness until the Day of Judgment.

Thawheedh literally means "Unification" (make something one), or "asserting Oneness".

When the term Thawheedh is used in reference to Allah, It is the belief that

1. Allah is One, without partners in His dominion (Rububiyah)

2. One without rivals in His divinity and worship (Uluhiyah)

3. One without similitude in His essence and attributes (Asma vas Sifaath)

The three overlap and are inseparable; whoever omits any one aspect of these has failed to complete the requirements of Thawheedh.

All the Quranic verses and authentic Hadeeths about Allah will fall into one of these three catergories.

Thawheedh Ar Rububiyah

Rububiyah is from the root word Rabb (normally translated as Lord), which means

a. The Creator

b. The Owner

c. The one in control of all affairs

So, Thawheedh Ar Rububiyah means to believe that Allah alone caused all things to exist when there was nothing. He alone sustains and maintains the creation without any need in it or from it, but the creations are in need of Him. He is the only real power in existence, Nothing happens except by His will.

The basis for rububiyah can be found in many Quranic verses,

For ex: - Regarding, the Lord being the creator, Owner and Controller of affairs.

His saying:

"O mankind! Worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before you, so that ye may ward off (evil)." [Qur'an 2:21]

And, His saying:

"Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and unto Allah all things are returned." [Qur'an 3:109]

And, His saying:

".... Say: surely the affair is wholly (in the hands) of Allah ...." [Qur'an 3:154]

It is noteworthy to mention that the kuffaars (disbelievers) of Makkah confessed Thawheedh Ar Rububiyah. 

His saying: 

And if you asked them, who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded? [Qur'an 43:87]

And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth?" they would surely say, "Allah." Say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allah"; but most of them do not know. [Qur'an 31:25]

If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon (to His law)?" they would surely say, "Allah." Then how are they deluded? [Qur'an 29:61]

So, they confessed the Lordship of Allah, but yet Allah called them "kaafirs" (disbelievers) and "Mushriks" (polytheists), that is because even though they agreed with Rububiyah they were wrong with regard to the other aspects of Thawheedh. This is a good example that, whoever omits any one aspect of Thawheedh has failed to complete the requirements of Thawheedh.