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Categories of Tawhid Tthe meaning of Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah, Tawhid-ul-Uluhiyyah, and Tawhid-ul-Asma' wal-Sifat Forms of Tawhid Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah Believing that the universe is controlled by other than Allah is Kufr Limits of thinking about Allah's creationThe claim that the rock of Bayt-ul-Maqdis is floating into spaceAllah creating seven earths and seven heavensSex-change operationsBelieving that children are not the bounty of Allah and that provisions are controlled by other than HimAllah making someone a means for obtaining provision or averting harm for anotherProvision as controlled by Allah in every resepctWhat is the validity of the apeman theoryThe creation of manMan's vicegerency on earthCan the air and other elements be described as natural Tawhid-ul-Uluhiyyah Testifying that there is no true deity except Allah Seeking the help of other than Allah and supplicating to them Performing Salah behind an Imam who seeks the help of other than Allah and befriends them Awliya’ have no authority over anyoneSeeking the help of the dead and supplicating to them besides AllahPerforming the Pillars of Islam and supplicating to other than AllahA person who prays, fasts, and observes the pillars of Islam but supplicates to other than Allah Permissibility of seeking the help of other than AllahSeeking the help of the dead or the absent is major ShirkThe Hadith of the blind man who sought the help of the Prophet (peace be upon him) after his deathRefuting the claims of the followers of Bid`ahs about supplicating to the dead and the diacritical marks and dots of the Qur'anRepentance from Bid`ahs and sinsPerforming Salah behind an Imam who seeks the help of the deadBelieving in the supplication of other than Allah and that the Messenger and the Awliya' are still alive, and describing the Messenger as being created from the Light of AllahSupplicating to the dead and the absent and seeking their helpInvoking the servants of Allah's Most Beautiful Names to fulfill one's needsSeeking the help of the jinn or angelsA person is not to be excused for being ignorant about the fundamentals of Iman Asking for the help of the dead or the absentSaying Dhikr collectively like what is done in the Sufi orders is an act of Bid`ah Supplicating to the Awliya' and the pious people to ward off evil and pretending to know the GhaybSupplicating to other than Allah is major ShirkTawassul by other than Allah and wiping the gravesNone but Allah can relieve distresses and ward off evilsVisiting the graves of the pious people and seeking help from them in cases of sicknessThe dead, whether pious or not, cannot hear supplicationsRuling on those who seek the help of other than Allah when stricken by misfortune Making Du`a' to Allah by virtue of the status of the Messenger of Allah, the Sahabah, or others Supplicating to other than Allahslaughtering for other than Allah and seeking the help of the dead and the absentSupplicating to Allah in His Most Beautiful NamesAllah (may He be Glorified) has prescribed Du`a' and ordered the people to observe itSupplicating to AllahSeeking help from the jinn to fulfill one's needsInvoking Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) or other people when standing up or sitting downInvoking other than Allah, such as the prophets and the righteous people, and asking for their protection from evil The living, whether they are Awliya' or not, can help whoever seeks their help concerning the normal needs Claiming that `Aly ibn Abu Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) can repel harm from others after his deathSupplicating to Al-Khadir and seeking his helpSeeking help from the dead is ShirkSeeking the help of the prophets and Awliya'Seeking help from living humans regarding those things which they are able to do Vow Making vows is an act of worship, which is an exclusive right of Allah Believing in the permissibility of making vows and slaughtering animals for the deadMaking vows for other than AllahSlaughtering animals for other than AllahVowing lawful food or animal for other than AllahSeeking help from the Awliya', making vows for them, or supplicating to Allah by the virtue of their status Undesirability of making vowsMaking vows for the shrines of shayks is Shirk Slaughtering animals for other than Allah Slaughtering animals at graves Prostrating and slaughtering animals at gravesSlaughtering animals for a dead person claimed to be a Waliy (pious person) and building a shrine over his grave Slaughtering animals to entertain guests or out of generosity towards one’s family Slaughtering animals at gravesSlaughtering animals at the graves of Awliya'Slaughtering animals at the graves of the Awliya' and supplicating through themSlaughtering animals at graves and making Ruqyah by other than Qur'an are Bid`ahsVisiting the dead Awliya' and asking them to fulfill one's needsSlaughtering animals at the shrinesEating from the animals slaughtered at the shrinesReligious scholars who beat duff and drums and build Masjids on gravesSeeking medical treatment by slaughtering sheep or chicken on the sick person's chest or head Slaughtering animals to cure diseasesGoing around the graves of the Awliya'slaughtering animals at shrinesSlaughtering animals for jinnSlaughtering animals for the jinn and invoking them to fulfill a needClaiming the lawfulness of eating the slaughtered animal of a Mushrik on which Allah's Name is mentionedThe superstition of slaughtering in the valleySlaughtering animals for other than Allah is major ShirkSlaughtering by the Name of Allah to feed guests or relatives Slaughtering on the threshold of the new house Believing in Muhammad (peace be upon him) then associating others in worship with AllahEating the meat of the sacrificial animal offered for the WaliyEating the meat of a sacrificial animal slaughtered on the Prophet's birthday and other people's birthdays Whoever utters the Shahadah while believing in its significance and acting accordingly is a believing MuslimMaking benefit of the animals set free to roam by non-MuslimsSlaughtering animals when holding arbitration for disputesSlaughtering animals at the location of one of the two conflicting parties to reconcile between them Slaughtering a sheep or the like for another person Slaughtering animals for guestsSlaughtering animals as Sadaqah in special occasions with the intention of drawing close to AllahPraying behind an Imam who eats the meat of animals slaughtered for other than Allah
Categories of Tawhid
Tthe meaning of Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah, Tawhid-ul-Uluhiyyah, and Tawhid-ul-Asma' wal-Sifat Forms of Tawhid
Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah
Believing that the universe is controlled by other than Allah is Kufr Limits of thinking about Allah's creationThe claim that the rock of Bayt-ul-Maqdis is floating into spaceAllah creating seven earths and seven heavensSex-change operationsBelieving that children are not the bounty of Allah and that provisions are controlled by other than HimAllah making someone a means for obtaining provision or averting harm for anotherProvision as controlled by Allah in every resepctWhat is the validity of the apeman theoryThe creation of manMan's vicegerency on earthCan the air and other elements be described as natural
Tawhid-ul-Uluhiyyah
Testifying that there is no true deity except Allah
Seeking the help of other than Allah and supplicating to them
Performing Salah behind an Imam who seeks the help of other than Allah and befriends them Awliya’ have no authority over anyoneSeeking the help of the dead and supplicating to them besides AllahPerforming the Pillars of Islam and supplicating to other than AllahA person who prays, fasts, and observes the pillars of Islam but supplicates to other than Allah Permissibility of seeking the help of other than AllahSeeking the help of the dead or the absent is major ShirkThe Hadith of the blind man who sought the help of the Prophet (peace be upon him) after his deathRefuting the claims of the followers of Bid`ahs about supplicating to the dead and the diacritical marks and dots of the Qur'anRepentance from Bid`ahs and sinsPerforming Salah behind an Imam who seeks the help of the deadBelieving in the supplication of other than Allah and that the Messenger and the Awliya' are still alive, and describing the Messenger as being created from the Light of AllahSupplicating to the dead and the absent and seeking their helpInvoking the servants of Allah's Most Beautiful Names to fulfill one's needsSeeking the help of the jinn or angelsA person is not to be excused for being ignorant about the fundamentals of Iman Asking for the help of the dead or the absentSaying Dhikr collectively like what is done in the Sufi orders is an act of Bid`ah Supplicating to the Awliya' and the pious people to ward off evil and pretending to know the GhaybSupplicating to other than Allah is major ShirkTawassul by other than Allah and wiping the gravesNone but Allah can relieve distresses and ward off evilsVisiting the graves of the pious people and seeking help from them in cases of sicknessThe dead, whether pious or not, cannot hear supplicationsRuling on those who seek the help of other than Allah when stricken by misfortune Making Du`a' to Allah by virtue of the status of the Messenger of Allah, the Sahabah, or others Supplicating to other than Allahslaughtering for other than Allah and seeking the help of the dead and the absentSupplicating to Allah in His Most Beautiful NamesAllah (may He be Glorified) has prescribed Du`a' and ordered the people to observe itSupplicating to AllahSeeking help from the jinn to fulfill one's needsInvoking Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) or other people when standing up or sitting downInvoking other than Allah, such as the prophets and the righteous people, and asking for their protection from evil The living, whether they are Awliya' or not, can help whoever seeks their help concerning the normal needs Claiming that `Aly ibn Abu Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) can repel harm from others after his deathSupplicating to Al-Khadir and seeking his helpSeeking help from the dead is ShirkSeeking the help of the prophets and Awliya'Seeking help from living humans regarding those things which they are able to do
Vow
Making vows is an act of worship, which is an exclusive right of Allah Believing in the permissibility of making vows and slaughtering animals for the deadMaking vows for other than AllahSlaughtering animals for other than AllahVowing lawful food or animal for other than AllahSeeking help from the Awliya', making vows for them, or supplicating to Allah by the virtue of their status Undesirability of making vowsMaking vows for the shrines of shayks is Shirk
Slaughtering animals for other than Allah
Slaughtering animals at graves Prostrating and slaughtering animals at gravesSlaughtering animals for a dead person claimed to be a Waliy (pious person) and building a shrine over his grave Slaughtering animals to entertain guests or out of generosity towards one’s family Slaughtering animals at gravesSlaughtering animals at the graves of Awliya'Slaughtering animals at the graves of the Awliya' and supplicating through themSlaughtering animals at graves and making Ruqyah by other than Qur'an are Bid`ahsVisiting the dead Awliya' and asking them to fulfill one's needsSlaughtering animals at the shrinesEating from the animals slaughtered at the shrinesReligious scholars who beat duff and drums and build Masjids on gravesSeeking medical treatment by slaughtering sheep or chicken on the sick person's chest or head Slaughtering animals to cure diseasesGoing around the graves of the Awliya'slaughtering animals at shrinesSlaughtering animals for jinnSlaughtering animals for the jinn and invoking them to fulfill a needClaiming the lawfulness of eating the slaughtered animal of a Mushrik on which Allah's Name is mentionedThe superstition of slaughtering in the valleySlaughtering animals for other than Allah is major ShirkSlaughtering by the Name of Allah to feed guests or relatives Slaughtering on the threshold of the new house Believing in Muhammad (peace be upon him) then associating others in worship with AllahEating the meat of the sacrificial animal offered for the WaliyEating the meat of a sacrificial animal slaughtered on the Prophet's birthday and other people's birthdays Whoever utters the Shahadah while believing in its significance and acting accordingly is a believing MuslimMaking benefit of the animals set free to roam by non-MuslimsSlaughtering animals when holding arbitration for disputesSlaughtering animals at the location of one of the two conflicting parties to reconcile between them Slaughtering a sheep or the like for another person Slaughtering animals for guestsSlaughtering animals as Sadaqah in special occasions with the intention of drawing close to AllahPraying behind an Imam who eats the meat of animals slaughtered for other than Allah