1. Tawhid ar-Rububiyyah:

It is the tawhid of Allah in regards with
His actions. And it is achieved by the
belief that Allah is the One who created
the creations alone, provides for them
alone, and disposes the affairs alone.
Most of the people, due to their fitrah,
believe that Allah is the Creator, the
Provider, and the Controller of life and
death; they believe in all of that and
affirm it for Him. Rather, even the kuffar,
those whom the Messenger of Allah
(sallāllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) fought,
permitted their blood and wealth,
affirmed and believed in that. The proof
is the His (ta'ala) saying, "Say: Who
provides for you from the heavens
and the earth? Who owns the hearing
and the sight? And who brings out the
living from the dead and brings out the
dead from the living? Who disposes
the affairs?' They will say:Allah." (Surah
Yunus: Verse 31)

However, the tawhid ar-rububiyyah by
itself, that the slave believes that Allah
created him, provides for him, and gives
him life, is not sufficient to enter one
into Islam without the belief in tawhid
al-uluhiyyah.


2. Tawhid al-Uluhiyyah:

It is the tawhid of Allah (ta'ala) in
regards with the actions of the
slaves, such as du'a; nathr (vowing)
slaughtering; hope; fear, raghbah
(fervent desire); inabah (turning towards
Allāh), isti'anah (seeking aid), istighathah
(seeking deliverance), glorification,
ruku (bowing), jihad..

Its meaning is that the slave performs
these acts of worship in order to get
closer to Allah alone. Therefore, if he
does them for that purpose, then he
is Muslim and has fulfilled tawhid. If
the slave performs worship to gain
closeness to other than Allah or some to
Allah and some of it to other than Allah,
then he has not fulfilled tawhid and has
committed shirk, however; and refuge is
sought with Allah.

The tawhid of uluhiyyah is also referred
to as "tawhid al-ibadah; it is that which
the messengers ('alayhim as-salam)
were sent for, as every messenger began
their da'wah to their people with the
command of tawhid al-ibadah.

He (taala) said, "Verily, We sent to every
ummah a messenger saying : 'Worship
Allah... ' (Surah Nahl :36)

And Nuh, Hud, Salih, and Shu'ayb, all
had one saying, "Oh my people! Worship
Allah; you have no other ilah except
Him" (AL-Araf: 59, 65, 73, 85.)

This type of tawhid is where the old
and continuous conflict took place
between the messengers and their
nations; it is the reason why the Prophet
(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) fought the
kuffar of Quraysh and why the Khulafa
ar-Rashidun fought the murtaddin
(apostates).

3. Tawhid as-Asma was-Sifat:

It is iman in everything that is related
in the Noble Quran and the authentic
ahadith from the asma (names) and
sifat (attributes) of Allah in which
He described Himself with or His
messenger described Him with upon its
actual reality. And with the belief that
"there is nothing like Him; and He is the
All-Hearing, the All-Seer"
(Ash-Shura 11)

It is obligatory to believe in the asma
and sifat of Allah in the Book and
Sunnah, with its meanings and rulings,
upon the understanding of the Salaf
as-Salih (righteous predecessors).

The asma and sifat of Allāh are known
from the Quran and the Sunnah; it is
not permissible for anyone - whoever it
is -to come up with a name or attribute
of Allah (ta'ala), because the asma
and sifat of Allah are tawqifiyyah (i.e.,
based on textual proofs). Meaning, we
stop in relation to the asma where Allah
named or described Himself or where
the Prophet (sallallahu'alayhi wa sallam)
named or described Him with. All the
asma of Allah are perfect, as well as
many; from them are: as-Samad (the
Self Sufficient), al-Bari (the Originator),
as-Sami' (the All-Hearer), al-Basir (the
All-Seer), ar-Rahman (the Owner of
Mercy), ar-Rahim (the Distributor of
Mercy)... Like that are His (subhanahu)
many sifat, all of which are high and
lofty; from them are: mercy, strength,
wisdom, life, might, knowledge,
grandeur..