Category: Aqeeeda 15 16 17
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Aqeedah Lesson 17: Ittibah and Muhammadun Rasool-ullaah – The Statement of Ittibaa’
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ Ittibaa’ means to follow, and is not usually used in a literal sense (i.e., following someone around), but in the sense of following a religion or way, or following your desires. Just like laa ilaaha il-Allah is the statement of tawheed, Muhammadun rasool-ullah is the statement of ittibaa’. We know the English meaning…
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Aqeeda Lesson 16: Shirk – The Opposite of Tawheed
The opposite of Tawheed is to give one or more of the rights of Allah to someone or something else. This is called shirk. There is a category of shirk for every category of tawheed, and an example of shirk for every example of tawheed. Shirk will not be forgiven if a person does not…
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Aqeedah Lesson 15: What is Ibada/Worship?
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ The only other thing that we have to deal with in detail in tawheed is to define worship. This is so that a person doesn’t use the excuse that ‘I am not worshipping that idol’. Worship is a comprehensive term for everything that Allah loves and is pleased with – statements and actions…
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