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u' u- -- ; ; x -- "'h "Say: Verily, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, who has no partner for Him" (al-Anaam 162-163). Another verse states, ;;;:; / ,,. ., ,., J ;;;:; ,., ;II ,., ;;;:;,., ) Ե IJॽ á\) â\) "ã\) J-;ll ä\; 0-:) "And from among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate to Allah Who created them, if you (really) worship Him" (Fussilat 37). Indeed, this is the essence of the verse that every Muslim recites in every one of his prayers: J. ,,. "' "' Զ Էþlj Ը Թþ\ ,,. + + ,,. ,,. "You only do we worship and in You only do we seek help" (al-Faatiha 5). As was alluded to earlier, any rite of worship, be it prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, sacrificing an animal, vowing and so forth, must be done only for the sake of Allah. Similarly, all supplications and prayers must be directed toward Allah. If someone does any of these acts for someone other than Allah, even if he theoretically upholds the oneness of Allah, he is negating his tauheed by, in practice, not fulfilling what he believes theoretically. Hadith #2: The Hadith of Jibreel This category also covers the acts of worship of the heart, which were mentioned earlier. These include putting one's trust only in Allah, having fear and devotion only for Allah and so forth. (b) lfraad Allah bi-1-Hukm (submitting oneself only to the commands and revelation coming from Allah): In order for one's tauheed to be correct, one must reject and deny any form of taaghoot, false god or false object of worship and submission. Allah says in the Quran, .!.,... ; J O ,., J O ,., ,,; B J / 01I 1;:/";1j 2I 1)¥1 0i 78j ri s * ,/.t;/! :Wj / / / "And verily, We have sent among every nation a Messenger proclaiming, 'Worship Allah [alone] and avoid all false deities (al-taaghoot)" (al-Nahl 36). Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab has divided taghoots into five categories: ( 1) The devil who is calling to the worship of anything other than Allah. (2) The tyrannical ruler who has changed the laws of Allah. (3) The one who rules in accordance with something other than what Allah has revealed. (4) The one who claims knowledge of the Unseen. (5) The one who is worshipped instead of Allah while he himself is pleased with such worship.1 Allah has made it clear that judging and ruling in accord with what He has revealed is an essential obligation upon the believers. In fact, it is one of the main purposes for which the Book was revealed. Allah has said, ,,,. ,,.. /. .... / J" j' J. /. ,,,. J J // J/··1/ / · J/ / "'. /j. ¯ ঃ"' t(1 J.,,"'1 · ///. "/ / " .. i J u"' "'1 / ....... ৉ jJ ) i:f..JJ.,;,,,.) . ƍৈ ஄ 4 5 o..l>-') 0...0 if . uঁ ,. \Ill // ....._,,, .. ,,. ,,,. ,... / / c. I) ,,.. ,,,, 2 J J. ',,,, .... ',., w 1-Ju("'":..._I W l:JI v'"/ / (':__/1 · J -'.<>-' -' (':_"1 d.J J U r :- J J J " :rৃ u ୻ r-'Ɛ ,,,,.YJJ 0T "They [the hypocrites] say, 'We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger and we obey,' then a party of them turn away thereafter, such are not believers. When they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, lo, a party of them refuse [to come] and turn away. But if the right is with them, they come to him willingly with submission. Is there a disease in their hearts? Or do they doubt or fear lest Allah and His Messenger should wrong them in judgment? Nay, it is they themselves who are the wrongdoers. The only saying of the faithful believers when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, 'We hear and we obey.' And those are the successful" (al-Noor 47-5 1). Ruling in accord with what Allah has revealed is the same as singling out Allah for obedience. One owes his complete and total obedience only to Allah. This obedience is, in essence, a form of worship. Allah has said, ., (.. (.. .,. .,. ;, )1\ -- ,,,. U..,,. ,,,.  &. f ,,. ,,.  r--' ই  ,,,. ,,. / ,,.. ,,. "The dominion [of rule and judgment] is for none but Allah. He has commanded that you worship none but Him, that is the [true] straight religion" (Yoosuf 40). Another verse states, .J '2> ,J / J / -;. II -;.. 0 II :z .... 4 " I :.. .. ॻ:1( Aili · ୼ . "' GL:::i"I " ' :." "tt.' " ,.5 --6I 1-:b:...;1 ._:_ri c-.:-;-- J " ஃJ G . .J I' K