Tawheed Al-Asmaa was-Sifaat is to single out Allaah alone with what He has named Himself with or described Himself with in His Book or upon the tongue of His Messenger. This is by affirming whatever (names and attributes) Allaah has affirmed for Himself without distorting or denying the mor their meanings, nor believing them to …
Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah is to single out Allaah alone with all acts of worship. People must not take anyone or anything else along with Allaah, worshipping them or seeking nearness to them as they do with Allaah. This is the type of Tawheed with which the polytheists went astray due to it –these same polytheists which …
Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah is to single out Allaah alone with the actions of creating (everything), owning (everything), and controlling (everything). The details of this meaning are as follows: First, as for singling out Allaah alone with the action of creating; He is the Creator other than Whom there is no creator. Allaah says: And He says, …
The elite scholar Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Saalih Ibn al-‘Uthaymeen–may Allaah have mercy on him, was asked about the meaning of Tawheed and its categories. His answer was as follows: Linguistically, Tawheed is the noun derived from the Arabic root verb:يُوَحِّدُ/وَحَّدَ(wahhada/yuwahhidu) which means to make something one. This is not accomplished except by a negation and …