Tawhid & Shirk

Concerning the Affirmation of Divine Oneness : Risalat f'it Tawhid
Mysteries of Bearing Witness to the Oneness of God : from the Futuhat al-Makkiyya of Ibn al-Arabi
Testimony of Faith
Erasing the Accusation of Shirk : FREE
The Concept of Calling On, and Seeking Aid from the Messenger of Allah
The Concept of Shirk
Tawhid & the Doctrine of the Khawarij : [DVD] Lecture in English

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Concerning the Affirmation of Divine Oneness :Risalat f'it Tawhid

Paperback - 120 pages By : Shaykh Wali Raslan ad-Dimashqi 'alayhir rahman

A Treatise on Hidden Association

Translated into English by: Shaykh Muhtar Holland

Extract from the Risala of Wali Raslan - Risala fi't-Tawhid

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

Praise be to Allah

Now then, know that the whole of you is covert polytheism [shirkun khafiyyun] and your realization-and-affirmation-of-Oneness [tawhid] will not become evident to you until you exit from you[rself].

Provided you are sincere, it will be disclosed to you that it is He, not you, so you must ask forgiveness for you. And whenever you encounter [any form of it], your own polytheism [shirk] will be evident to you. You must therefore renew, in every hour and at every moment, an affirmation-of-Oneness [tawhid] and a faith [iman]. And whenever you become detached from them your faith will increase; and whenever you become detached from you, your certitude [yaqin] will increase.

'O prisoner of desires and formal acts of worship, 'O prisoner of stations and revelations! You are deluded and you are preoccupied with you. Where is your preoccupation with Him to the exclusion of you? He is Present and Attentive, "and He is with you wherever you may be," in this world and the hereafter. When you are with Him, He screens you from you, and when you are with you, He screens you from Him.

Faith is your separating from them, and certitude is your separating from you. When your faith has increased, you will be transported from state to state; and when your certitude has increased, you will be transported from station to station.

The Sacred Law [Shari'a] is for you, until you seek Him from Him for you; and the Reality [Haqiqa] belongs to Him, until you seek Him through Him for Him, beyond when and beyond where, for the Sacred Law does have limits [hudud] and modes [jihat], but the Reality has neither limit nor mode.

One who lives with the Sacred Law [alone] is given the privilege of striving [mujahada] and one who lives with the Reality is given the privilege of grace [minna]. How great is the contrast between striving and grace!

One who lives with striving is existent [mawjud], while one who lives with grace is extinct [mafqud].

Practices are linked to the noble Law [Shar']. As for total trust in the Lord [tawakkul], this is linked to faith [iman], and the realization-and-affirmation-of-Oneness [tawhid] is linked to illuminating disclosure [kashf].

People wander astray from the Lord of Truth because of the mind, and from the hereafter because of passion. For, when you seek the Lord of Truth with the mind, you lose the way, and when you seek the hereafter with passion, you stumble and slip. The believer sees by the light of Allah, and one who has direct knowledge [al-'arif] beholds Him by it.

"As long as you are with you, We command you. Then, once you have been rendered extinct to you, We take charge of you." For He does not take charge of them until after their annihilation [in Him]. As long as you continue, you are a seeker [murid]. Then, when He has made you extinct to you, you are one who is sought [murad].

The most lasting certainty is your absence from you and your presence with Him. What a big difference there is between what is at His command and what is because of Him! If you are at His command, worldly means will be subservient to you. And if you are because of Him, the whole universe will be submissive to you.

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Futuhat Al-Makkiyya : The Mysteries of Bearing Witness to the Oneness of God and the Prophet of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
Paperback - pages (Meccan Revelations) by Muhy al-Din ibn al-Arabi

''Great Books of the Islamic World''

Translated by Aisha Bewley, Edited by Laleh Bakhtyar

This book is translation of several chapters of Ibn al-Arabi's Futuhat al-Makkiyyya, the Mysteries of bearing Witness to the Oneness of God and Prophethood of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, which is the first pillar of Islam.

'' Ibn al-'Arabi's magnum opus, al-Futūhāt al-Makkiyya, 'The Meccan Openings', is known at least by name to all students of Sufism. In spite of its importance for Islamic thought in general, and Ibn al-'Arabi in particular, few scholars have taken advantage of its enormous riches because of the numerous difficulties connected with reading and understanding the text'' --- Professor William Chittick

Aisha Bewley: Aisha Abdurrahman at Tarjumana Bewley is one today’s most prolific translators of classical Arabic work into English. Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but she is also aware of the basic meanings and nature of teachings and history of Islam. Her knowledge is born of experience and direct transmission, not merely academic theory and learning by rote. For more than twenty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of many classical works in Arabic more Accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time, including Ash-Shifa of Qadi “Iyad.

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The Testimony of Faith by Imam Abdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni

Paperback - 164 pages

Written by the renowned Scholar and Sufi of Aleppo, Imam ‘Abdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni Radi Allahu anhu, The Testimony Of Faith elegantly portrays the beauty of the Shahada, the Islamic testimony of faith: There is no god but God and Muhammad (asws) is the Messenger of God. Going beyond cursory explanations, the author provides a precise explanation of its meanings and conditions, and presents an exhaustive discussion on its merits, virtues, and benefits in this life and the Hereafter. Effortlessly taking readers through the depths and details within this basic tenet of faith, Imam ‘Abdallah Sirajuddin unravels the secrets of La ilaha illa Allah, showing how it can purify minds, hearts, and bodies, uplifting them to lofty spiritual realities that are often veiled from man. Called by his contemporaries ‘the Pole of Prophetic love,’ Imam ‘Abdallah demonstrates the inseparable link between affirming Allah’s Oneness and affirming the primordial rank of the Messenger of Allah s as the first of the Messengers created, the last of them sent to mankind, and the first of them to be resurrected. With the precision of a Hadith scholar and the love of a Gnostic, Imam ‘Abdallah Sirajuddin Radi Allahu anhu presents readers with this outstanding work: an authoritative look at the first pillar of Islam that will satisfy students of Islamic theology and spirituality alike.

How strange it is, how can God be disobeyed

And how can the obstinate disbeliever deny Him

When in every movement and stillness

There is always for Him a witness

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The Concept of Calling On, and Seeking Aid from the Messenger of Allah

Paperback/Booklet - 60 pages

By Professor Riaz Mahmood
Translated by: Mohammed Iftikhar
Foreward by : Dr Irfan Ahmad al-Alawi

The Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama'ah, have forever believed that it is only Allah Most High who is worthy of worship. None of the Prophets, May Allah bless them and grant them peace, Angels, Jinns or any mankind have any share in His Essence of Attributes. Allah, in His Essence and Attributes is One, He has no partner. This concept is laid down clearly in Surah Ikhlas: ''Say you, He is Allah, the One. Allah the Independent, Carefree. He begot none; nor was He begotten. And not anyone is equal to Him''
[112 : 1- 4].

The practise of shirk ( associating partners with Allah Most High) is not permissible in any form, be it in the shape of a mujaza or karamat from Allah Most High. So what if we ask Allah Most High for help through His righteous people with the intention that these are the accepted creation of Allah Most High then this is certainly permissible, because this in essence is asking from Allah Most High. For example, if someone's brothers dies, and the corpse is taken to a statue, and the statue is invoked
''Oh my Lord give life back to my brother'', then this is shirk and disbelief, because the statue is not Allah Most High to restore life to the dead. However, if a corpse was to be taken to Prophet Isa (upon whem be peace), with the words, ''Oh Prophet of Allah Most High restore my brothers life'', then this is permissible because Isa is that Prophet to whom Allah Most High has granted such powers. The Prophet Isa (upon whom be peace) decalres in the Glorious Qur'an himself, ''I make the dead alive by the Command of Allah'' [3 : 49]. Therefore we must conclude that Isa (upon whom be peaqce) and the statue are in no way alike. Asking help from the statue is shirk but when one asks Isa ( upon whom be peace) then this is permissible and within the realms of Iman (belief).

Contents

---About the Author
---Forward
---Introduction
---Introduction to Shirk
---The Life of the Messenger of Allah
---The (Freinds of Allah Most High) Awliya
---Imam Busairi
---The Aid of the Messenger of Allah
---Understanding Shirk
---Placing Shirk in Context
---Intercession
---Pre-Islamic Shirk
---Our Claim
---The Proof
---The Belief of the Companions
---The Islamic Scholars
---Salutations and Blessings
---Invoking and Seeking Aid
---The Culmination
---Conclusion : Loving the Beloved of Allah Most High
---Conclusion : ''And our Duty is only to proclaim the Clear Message''
---Biograhical Insights
---Bibliography

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Erasing the Accusation of Shirk - A Dialogue with a Kharajite

Paperback - 201 pages

by Abu Ammar

From the back Cover:

'' Truly amazing, a unique piece of literature & a must have for all seekers of the truth. Over time & thoughout history false and inaccurate insertions have and are raising their head and like always, the hammer of truth strikes them down.

The accusations of shirk (polytheism) by people who do not truly understand its meaning and the modernisation of the faith in the latter days have been put to bed once and for all. Having read through this book it begs to be read time and time again. I pray for the author who I believe is truly a godsend in the way he has honestly and simply--with correct, precise, accurate and concrete evidences--not only answered but put to rest the issues which for a time now have been raised again and again by people affiliated or influenced by kharjite views.

Read and re-read what is contained in this book with the love for Allah and His blessed Habib, May Allah bless him and grant him peace, and with the clean and clear intentions of being on the path of those who Allah has favoured.'' ---Shaykh Mohammed Hanif Haqqani

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The Concept of Shirk

Booklet - 21 pages by Manazir al-Islam Prof Saeed Ahmed Asad

The Concept of Shirk

Today, some people, who obviously have no fear of Allah, accuse the simple Muslim of Shirk. This is in spite of the fact that Islam and Shirk are two opposing and mutually exclusive phenomenon - Islam came to seek out the roots of Shirk! Further, just as committing Shirk is a major crime, falsely accusing a Muslim of Shirk is also a severe crime.

The Beloved Prophet, Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, said "Verily, I fear about a man from you who will read the Qur'an so much that his face will become enlightened and he will come to personify Islam. This will continue until Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, desires. Then these things will be taken away from him when he will disregard them by putting them all behind him and will attack his neighbour with the sword accusing him of Shirk. The Prophet Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, was asked - which of the two was commuting Shirk - the attacker or the attacked. The Prophet, Salla Allahu 'alayhi wa Sallam, replied - the attacker (the one accusing the other of Shirk). The classification of this Hadith is Jayyid. (Tafsir ibn Kathir; Vol.2 p265, Amjid Academy, Lahore Pakistan)

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Tawhid & the Doctrine of the Khawarij - [Lecture in English]

DVD Video By Dr Tahir ul Qadri

Product Summary :

As part of the Tawhid series, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri expalins the historical background about the doctrine of Khawarij and how their behaviour was. Dr Qadri quotes authentic Hadith about the Khawarij. He draws similarities between the Khawarij ideology and some extreme ideologies of our time.

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri's deep knowledge of the Qur'an and Sunna and his spiritual heritage to the younger generation on the West which is often exposed to shallow religious rhetoric in the guise of Islamic teachings. Infused with profound spiritual meaning, these lectures provide traditional and orthodox Islamic knowledge to fill the deep gap that exists in the true understanding of Islam in the West.

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