The Fundamentals of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism)
Judaism and Christianity may be considered monotheistic by their adherents, but according to the core Islamic concept of monotheism called tawheed, their beliefs have been compromised, if not transformed entirely into polytheism. Even among many Muslims, tawheed has often been neglected despite its centrality to Islam.
One of the first books written in English on the foundation of Islam according to classical understanding, The Fundamentals of Tawheed answers critical questions like:
- Do Muslims need their basic beliefs explained to them?
- Have Muslim leaders throughout history upheld tawheed?
- Did the Quran declare the early Arabs disbelievers despite their belief in God (Allah)?
- What common reasoning is shared by the Arab pagans and contemporary Muslim shrine-goers?
- Is religion a man-made evolutionary construct or do the facts support an alternative model?
- What superstitious beliefs of the type warned against by Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) permeate even scientifically advanced Western societies?
- What remarkable finding emerges from the author’s analysis of folk religions and the discovery of ancient tribes with no contact with the outside world?
- Finally, what have Hindu statues of the erect male organ got to do with any of this?
Demonstrating Islam to be the world’s only monotheistic faith, this audiobook is an essential listen for all serious students of Islam and religion.
Chapters
TOPICS:
- Foreword
- Chapter One: The Categories of Tawheed
- Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah (the Unity of Lordship)
- Tawheed al-Asmaa’ was-Sifaat (Unity of Allaah’s Names and Attributes)
- Tawheed al-‘Ibaadah (Unity of Worship)
- Chapter Two: The Categories of Shirk
- Shirk in ar-Ruboobeeyah
- Shirk by association
- Shirk by negation
- Shirk in al-Asmaa’ was-Sifaat
- Shirk by humanization
- Shirk by deification
- Shirk in al-‘Ibaadah
- Ash-Shirk al-Akbar (Major shirk)
- Ash-Shirk al-Asghar (Minor shirk)
- Ar-Riyaa’
- Shirk in ar-Ruboobeeyah
- Chapter Three: Allaah's Covenant with Aadam
- The Barzakh
- Pre-creation
- Man’s natural disposition: The Fitrah
- Born Muslim
- The Covenant
- Chapter Four: Charms and Omens
- Charms
- Ruling on charms
- Omens
- Fa'l (A good omen)
- The Islamic ruling on omens
- Chapter Five: Fortunetelling
- World of the Jinn
- The Islamic ruling on fortunetelling
- Visitation of fortunetellers
- Belief in fortunetellers
- Chapter Six: Astrology
- Arguments of Muslim astrologists
- The Islamic ruling on horoscopes
- Chapter Seven: Magic
- The Reality of magic
- The Islamic ruling on magic
- Chapter Eight: Transcendency
- Significance
- Danger of the immanence concept
- Clear proofs
- Summary
- Chapter Nine: Seeing Allaah
- Allah’s Image
- Prophet Musa asks to see Allaah
- Did Prophet Muhammad see Allaah?
- Satan pretends to be Allaah
- The meaning of Surah an-Najm
- The wisdom behind not seeing Allaah
- Seeing Allaah in the next life
- Seeing Prophet Muhammad
- Chapter Ten: Saint Worship
- Allaah’s Favour
- Taqwa
- Walee: The “Saint”
- Fanaa’: The union of man with God
- The union of God with man
- Roohullaah: The “Spirit” of Allaah
- Chapter Eleven: Grave Worship
- Prayers to the dead
- The evolutionary model of religion
- The degeneration model of religion
- The beginning of shirk
- Excessive praise of the righteous
- Restrictions on visiting graves
- Taking graves as places of worship
- Masjids with graves
- The Prophet’s grave
- Salah in the Prophet’s masjid
- Conclusion
About the Author
Shaykh Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican-Canadian Islamic Scholar who accepted Islam after journeying from Christianity and Communism. His desire to seek in-depth knowledge has taken him to Madinah, Riyadh and the UK, where he completed his BA, MA and PhD in Islamic Theology. Considered one of the most influential English-speaking scholars today, he is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University with over 450,000 students in 170 countries.
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Additional information
| Author | |
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| Length (hours) | 5.75 |
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| ISBN | 9798882451171 |
| Published | 2024 |
| Original Publication Year | 1989 |
| Text version | New revised edition (not published yet) |
