The importance of learning Tawheed and teaching it to our children

Tawheed is the most important aspect of our lives and so teaching our children it is very important. 

It is the foundations of our religion.

Tawheed is to single out Allah in all forms of worship and actions. Allah created us to worship him alone. It says in the Qu’ran  

“And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.” (Soorat adh-Dhaariyat:56).

There is not a chapter in the Qu’ran that does not mention aspects of Tawheed and clarification of what opposes Tawheed  - Shirk.

 

“Why Tawheed first?

Because this is the methodology of Allaah which He has legislated for all of the Prophets (‘alaihimus salaatu was-salaam).

There is no Messenger who called his nation except that he began with Tawheed – calling them to believing in the oneness of Allah without partners.

 

In the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallahu alahi wa Sallam) we can witness this calling to Tawheed.

After the revelation, Muhammad (Sallahu Alahi wa Salam) spent 13 years in Makkah calling people to Tawheed. Worshipping Allah only and not associating others in worship with him. There was such an importance of establishing Tawheed in the hearts of the Muslims that many of the other obligations that we know as Muslims today ( such as Zakat and Fasting) were not revealed until the Period after the Prophet made Hijarh to Madinah.

 

Actions are not correct without the basis of Tawheed.

There is no benefit from the Qur’aan or from the Sunnah or from the sciences – all of them – except  if we construct them on the pillar of Tawheed.

 

These are some books I would recommend for teaching your children about Tawheed.