Notes on Categorization classification and three Types
of Tawheed
Ibn
Abi Al Izz Al Damishqi (D 792 A.H.) in his Famous
Sharah Aqeedatut Tahawi has classified into two
1. Tawheed al-ilahiyyah, or the belief in the unity of God the oneness of His
Godhead, that Allah alone is to be worshiped, and no one else is to be
worshiped.and matters concerning to attributes of Allah .
2. Tawheedar-rububiyyah (the oneness of
His Lordship), which
states that Allah alone create everything; and hold everything.
Some Other Scholars has divided into three categories.
1. Tawheed
ul-Uluhiyyah/Ibaadah (Tawheed of Worship)
Tawheed
of Worship means that all acts of worship belong to Allah alone, and no one
else. All acts of worship Ibadah are purely and sincerely for Allah, not for
idols, not for any Prophet, not for any Aulia Allah ,not for the universe, not
for anything except the one Allah.
2. Tawheed
al-Rubbubiyyah (Tawheed of Lordship)
Tawheed
of Lordship means that you believe that there is only one God, namely
Allah, and that there are no other gods or goddesses. All form of Ibadah and
Worship is only for Allah.It also means that all power, creation, and such
things belong to Allah alone, for instance Allah alone is the creator of
everything we see around us, and it is he who is in full control of them, and
it is he who controls life and death and all such matters, and not anyone
including our money/Position/ materialistic resources/worldpowers or any human
or devine help other than Allah else.
3. Tawheed al-Asmaat
wa-Sifaat (Tawheed of Allah's names and Attributes).
Tawheed
al-Asmaat wa-Sifaat is the Tawheed of Allah's unique and exclusive Names and
Attributes, this means a Muslim affirms a Name of Allah, and affirms that this
Name is unique and exclusive to Allah alone, not for anyone else, and not for
anyone else to be named with.
For
example one of Allah's names is the All Knowing, this Name is unique for him
alone because Allah is the only one who is All Knowing, and perfect in his
knowledge, there is no created being who has such an attribute. The same
applies to all of Allah's names, they are unique for him alone, and not for
others.
Here It is important to be clarified that ........
1. This division of Tawheed into two/three is not from The Prophet of Allah or from Sahba. Although its meaning is established from Quran and Hadith.
2. These classification has been done by scholars for better and easy understanding purpose
3. There is no question on validity of classifcation.and its is a true classification.
4. One must not get confused about there being three types/categories of Tawheed of Allah. Essentially all categories fall within the single term of Tawheed. Rather all the categories are all connected to Allah only Simple word Tawheed also encompass all these.
