The Importance of Tawhid - Ustaadh Mustafa George

In al-hamdulillah, we are His mercy and we ask His forgiveness and we seek forgiveness from the sins of our souls and from the bad deeds of our deeds. My beloved brothers and sisters, we are in need of a reminder with regards to an important affair. In fact, the most important thing is to be in need of a reminder with regards to an important affair. In fact, the most important affair. The reason why Allah Azza wa Jal created mankind and the jinn. The reason why Allah Azza wa Jal sent prophets and messengers. The reason why Allah Azza wa Jal sent and revealed divine revelation. The reason why Allah Azza wa Jal created paradise and hell. The reason why Allah Azza wa Jal punished nations and blessed other nations. The affair of tohid and the importance of tohid. The purpose of creation. Allah Azza wa Jal said in Surat al-Dhari'at wa ma khalaqtu al-jinn wa al-insa illa li'abudun. Ma uridu minhum irriskin wa ma uridu an yut'imun. Allah Azza wa Jal in the Quran in Surat al-Dhari'at informed us of the purpose of creation. Allah Azza wa Jal informed us why we exist. When he said, I have not created the jinn nor mankind except for them to worship. I do not want wealth from them nor do I want food from them. Indeed Allah Azza wa Jal is the provider. Indeed Allah Azza wa Jal is the provider. My beloved brothers and sisters, we live at a time that people don't know the purpose of creation. We live at a time that people are walking without direction, without a purpose in life. Every other day they wake up with a new purpose. The believer lives with a purpose. The believer lives with direction. The believer knows the purpose of creation. Allah Azza wa Jal in Surat al-Mulk. Allah Azza wa Jal said the one who created life and death. The one who created life and death to see who has the best of deeds. To see who worships him. To see who believes in him. My beloved brothers and sisters, the affair of Tauheed, Allah Azza wa Jal brought witness to it himself. Where Allah Azza wa Jal said it. In Surat al-Imran, Allah Azza wa Jal brought witness to his own oneness. And likewise the Malayka and likewise the people of knowledge standing with justice. Allah Azza wa Jal himself is informing you. Bearing witness to his oneness himself. The affair of Tauheed is the first order in the Quran when you read the Quran from the beginning. Allah Azza wa Jal said in Surat al-Baqara, Allah Azza wa Jal said in Surat al-Baqara, the first order in the Quran. O mankind, worship your Lord. Worship your Lord. The one who created you. And created those who came before you so that you may establish taqwa of Allah. The one who made the earth flat. And the one who raised the sky. And the one who sent down the rain. And the one who extracted the crops. As a means of sustenance for you. So do not make partners with Allah and you know this. You know that Allah Azza wa Jal is the one who created the earth in this fashion. You know that Allah Azza wa Jal is the only one who lifted the sky. You know that Allah Azza wa Jal is the only one that brings down the rain. So do not set up partners with Allah when you know that no one else did that. When you know that no one else did that. Allah Azza wa Jal said in Surat Muhammad, Fa'lam anna hu la ilaha illa Allah wastaqfil li-dhanbik. Know for certainty that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and seek forgiveness for your sins. Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Sa'adi, Rahim Allah Ta'ala said, this order with knowledge, fa'lam, know for certainty. He said this is the order of Tauheed. It is an obligatory upon everyone and no one is exempt from it. The affair of Tauheed is the call of the prophets and the messengers. The affair of Tauheed is the call of the prophets and the messengers. Allah Azza wa Jal said in Surat al-Anbiyaa, wa ma arusalna min qablika min rasulin illa Nuhia ilayh. Anna hu la ilaha illa anna fa'budun. We have sent every prophet and messenger before you, or we have not sent a prophet and messenger before you except that we reveal to him that there is no deity worthy of worship except me, except Allah, so worship him. There was no prophet and messenger sent except with this call of Tauheed, along with other things, prayer, along with other things, good character, mannerism. But the first call and the most important call and the foundation of their call was the call to Tauheed. Allah Azza wa Jal said that al-Masih, Jesus alayhi siratu as-salam in Surat al-Ma'ida, wa qaal al-Masih, ya bani Israel, u'abudu Allah Rabbi wa Rabbukum, Jesus alayhi siratu as-salam said to his people, all the tribe of Israel worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. In Surat al-A'raf Allah Azza wa Jal mentioned prophet and messenger, several. Wa laqar arsalna nuhan ila qawmihi fa qaal ya qawmi, u'budu Allah ma lakum min ilahin ghayru. Allah Azza wa Jal said and we sent, we sent Nuh, Noah to his people. He said, oh my people, worship Allah, you have no deity worthy of worship except him. Further on Allah Azza wa Jal says, wa ila a'ad Allah sent to the people of a'ad, ahahum huda, prophet hud. He said the same thing, oh my people worship Allah, you have no deity worthy of worship except him. Wa ila thamud Allah Azza wa Jal sent prophet Salih to Thamud. And he said the same thing, oh my people worship Allah, you have no deity worthy of worship except him. And in Surat Yusuf Allah Azza wa Jal mentioned that when Yusuf was speaking to, as we say, his bunkies or his cellmates, he said, ya sahibayah sijni, a'arbabu mutafarrikuna khayrun amillahi l-wahidil qahkar. Yusuf alayhi surat as-salam when he was in jail, incarcerated. He said to his bunkies or his cellmates, oh individuals in jail. Is it better that you have different gods, different deities, or is it better that you worship the Almighty God? Or is it better that you worship the Almighty God? The effect of tohid was the advice that the prophets and messengers gave to their people, to their family, to their children. Allah Azza wa Jal mentioned in Surat Al-Baqarah. Wa wasa biha Ibrahim banihi wa ya'qoob. Ya baniya inna Allah astafa lakumuddin. Fa la tamutunne illa wa antu muslimoon. Allah Azza wa Jal mentioned two noble prophets and messengers. He mentioned Prophet Ibrahim and he mentioned his grandson Ya'qoob, the son of Ishaq. Allah Azza wa Jal said Ibrahim and Ya'qoob advised their children, advised their family. Inna Allah astafa lakumuddin. Allah chose this religion for you. Allah selected this religion for you. Fa la tamutunne illa wa antu muslimoon. So do not die except that you are believers. Individuals that worship Allah Azza wa Jal alone. Individuals that worship Allah and single out Allah Azza wa Jal alone for worship. And then in the final verse, the verse right after that, Allah Azza wa Jal said, Am kuntum shuhadaa, if hazar Ya'qoob al-moutz, if qala al-ibanihi ma ta'budun min ba'di. Look, Prophet Ya'qoob, the son of Ishaq, the son of Ibrahim, when death approached him, he gathered his sons and he had 12. He gathered his sons, Bani Israel and he said to his sons, What will you worship after me? What will you worship after me? Look at the call of the prophets and the messengers. The call of Tauheed, the call of the oneness of Allah Azza wa Jal, the call of abandoning any form of worship for other than Allah Azza wa Jal. I say this, wa astaghfirul alalai walakum fistaqfiruh wa tubu ilai innahoo huwa al-ghafoor raheem. Bismillah walhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulillah, Nabi and the Muhammad, women at Tabal Huda. So my beloved brothers and sisters, the call of the Tauheed is the foundation of our religion. The call to Tauheed is that which distinguishes us from the disbelievers, separates us from the disbelievers, this call to Tauheed, the call of the prophets and the messengers. The call to Tauheed was what they supplicated for. The prophets and the messengers supplicated to Allah, beseeching Allah, begging Allah Azza wa Jal to allow them to die as believers. Allah Azza wa Jal mentioned in Surat al-Baqarah, another prophet and messenger, Ibrahim. When Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail were building the Ka'bah, the first place of worship, the house of worship for Allah on the face of the earth, a noble deed. A tremendous wonderful deed they were supplicating to Allah. Allah Azza wa Jal said, Allah Azza wa Jal said, If you are raised by Ibrahim, and you are from the house of Ismail, Allah will accept you as a scholar. Allah will make you Muslims, and from our descendants, as Muslims, and we will be your servants, and we will be your servants, to the end of the verse. Prophet Ibrahim, and he has the title, father of the prophets and messengers, because every prophet and messenger that came after Ibrahim, is from his lineage, is from his offspring. When he was raising the rocks, along with his son, Ismail, establishing this house of worship, this noble house of worship, they supplicated to Allah, saying to Allah, Oh Allah, accept it from us. Indeed, you are the all hearing, the all knowing. And they said, make us Muslims for you. Make us believers in you. Make us individuals that establish the worship only for you. And from our offspring, a nation of believers. Look at how they supplicating to Allah. Supplicating to Allah, they remain firm on Tauheed. Supplicating to Allah, that their children, and their grandchildren, and their great grandchildren, my beloved brothers and sisters, we supplicate to Allah, for our children that they live and die upon Tauheed. For our children that they live and die upon the oneness of Allah. For our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren, that they worship Allah alone, without any partners, or are we shellfish? Did we forget the dua of the grandmother of Issa, Jesus, where if Qalit Imran, Rabbi, Nathartu Laka Maa Fi Batni, Muharraran Fataqabbal Minni, when the grandmother of Issa, the mother of Maryam was pregnant, she supplicated to Allah, Nathartu Laka Maa Fi Batni, I dedicate to you what is in my womb, so accept it from me. Make this individual, whether it's a boy or a girl, make her righteous, make him righteous, make him a believer, my beloved brothers and sisters, look at the difference. The call of the prophets and the messengers, the aspiration, the desire of the prophets and the messengers. I want to have a baby that worships Allah. I want to have grandchildren that worship Allah. Look at the desire. Look at the aspiration. Likewise in Surah Ibrahim, Allah Az-Wajal mentioned that Ibrahim also supplicated. He said, Another wonderful dua of Ibrahim. Ibrahim, alaihi s-salatu s-salam, said, oh Allah, make this land safe. The land of Makkah. Make it safe. And look how Allah answered that. Look at one of the most safest places on earth. One of the most safest places on earth is Makkah. Allah Az-Ibrahim, alaihi s-salatu s-salam, said, make this place safe. And then what did he say? Save me and my offspring. Save me and my offspring from worshiping the idols. Indeed, they have guided astray many individuals. If that was at the time of Ibrahim, if that was how many thousands of years ago, imagine today, before internet, before social media, before TikTok and Instagram and all of these platforms of the Shay'atin, Ibrahim, alaihi s-salatu s-salam was supplicating, oh Allah, save me and my offspring from worshiping the idols. Sheikh Salih Fawzan, Hafifullah Tala said, if Ibrahim, prophet Ibrahim, being the prophet and noble individual that he was, if he were fearful to the extent that he was supplicating to Allah for himself and his children, what about us today? What about us today, my beloved brothers and sisters? We should not think that we are far from this. We should not think that we are protected. We should not think that we are safeguarded. It is in movies. It is in movies. It is in songs. It is all over social media. The Shaytan is very tactful, skillful, very experienced. Young Muslim boys and girls walking around the cities worldwide talking about 6, 7 and all this crap. All the Shay'atin, it is in the music and they don't even realize it. They are chanting it all day. So in prayer they are saying, Ehdi Nasir Al-Mustakeem, and once the prayer is over, salams this way, salam that way, and they want to start chanting these songs. Not realizing that it is shirk. Not realizing that it is calling on the Shay'atin, calling on the devils, the worship of Odin in the movies, Marvel and DC, Thor and his father and his brother. All of that is from paganism. So notice how they do it in a humorous manner. My beloved brothers and sisters, it is upon us to know this affair of Tawheed. It is upon us to supplicate to Allah, as we are told that he protects us from it. It is upon us to supplicate to Allah, as we are told that he safeguards us and our children and our grandchildren from it. May Allah protect us all. May Allah guide us all. May Allah make us individuals that implement Tawheed and spread it to our family members and spread it to others. May Allah make us firm upon the affair of Tawheed, understand its importance and the dangers of shirk. May Allah forgive us and have mercy upon us. May Allah guide us and our family members and protect us and our family members. Allah knows best. Wa-Sallallahu wa-Sallam wa-barakala Nabi'inu Muhammad. Wa-Alaa-aalihi wa-sahbihi wa-salam teslimin kithira.