Part 3 / 4: Importance of teaching Tawheed and issues pertaining to Creed over other topics

Part 3: A few points of benefits from the “Hadeeth of Ibn `Abbaas”

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بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

O Ghulaam (O young man)! Learn Tawheed, and know your Lord and worship Him upon that.

Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنهما was only ten years old when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم passed away. [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (5035)]

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم supplicated for him saying: ❝O Allaah give him the understanding of the religion and teach him the interpretation (of al-Qur’aan).❞ [Musnad Ahmad (5/15 & 41) and Authenticated by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (2589). See also Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (75, 3756 & 7270)]

Scholars refer to Ibn `Abbaas as: Ink of the Ummah, the ocean of knowledge, the jurist of his time, the Imaam of Tafseer.

And look at what the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم taught him at that tender age:

❝O young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice]: Be mindful of Allaah and Allaah will protect you. Be mindful of Allaah and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, then ask Allaah [alone]; and if you seek help, then seek help from Allaah [alone]. And know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allaah had already prescribed for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you with anything, they would not harm you except with what Allaah had already prescribed against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried.❞ [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2516) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

This Hadeeth sums up Tawheed in the most concise and beautiful way possible. In a few words this Hadeeth defines Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat, Tawheed al-`Ibaadah and Tawheed al-Ruboobiyah.

This is how one imparts knowledge to the young and the old!

Teach them Tawheed!

Teach them the things which have the highest priority in our Deen!

Teach that which will benefit them the most in the Hereafter.

THIS IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR!

Don’t waste their time with your parrot joke or your fabricated (poke-man) narration.


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