Summarised Ma’ná aṭ-Ṭāghūt (The Meaning of Ṭāghūt) - 2 Sittings

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Two part sitting summarising the Risālah of al-Imām al-Mujaddid, Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb - رحمه الله -, Ma’ná aṭ-Ṭāghūt (The Meaning of Ṭāghūt) with benefits from the explanations of Shaykh ʿUbayd bin ʿAbdillāh bin Sulaymān al-Jābirī - رحمه الله - and Shaykh Ṣāliḥ bin Fawzān al-Fawzān - ‏حفظه الله -

Summarised by Abū ʿAbdillāh bin ʿAbdallāh Alfā an-Naijīrī

Lesson 1

• Points of Benefit

  • The obligation of seeking knowledge

  • The obligation of disbelieving in Ṭāghūt and believing in Allāh, which in reality is the meaning of the Shahādah (Lā Ilah Ilā Allāh; none has the right to be worshipped in truth except Allāh).

  • The Daʾwah (call) of all the messengers to their people from the time of Nūḥ — عليه السلام — to Prophet Muḥammad — ‏ صلى الله عليه وسلم — was to worship Allāh alone and stay away from aṭ-Ṭāghūt.

  • The Muslim must deeply believe within himself or herself that only Allāh truly deserves their worship, and they must condemn all that is worshipped besides Allāh.

  • Ēmān (True Faith) in Allāh is to believe deeply within yourself that He is al-Ilāh (الإله), meaning He is the only One truly deserving of worship besides all else.

  • Ēmān (True Faith) includes making all of one's acts of worship sincerely for Allāh alone, and that your worship is not directed to anyone besides Allāh!

Lesson 2

• Points of Benefit

  • Ṭāwaghīt (plural of Ṭāghūt) are all that are worshipped besides Allāh and they are pleased with worship being directed to them.

  • Nabiyullāh ʿĪsá — عليه سلام — is not a Ṭāghūt as although he is worshipped besides Allāh he is not pleased with being worshipped. He — عليه سلام — was a caller to Tawḥīd (Islāmic Monotheism) as highlighted by many verses in the Qurʾān.

  • The 5 heads of the Ṭawāghīt: (1) Shayṭān (2) The wicked ruler who changes the rulings of Allāh (3) Whoever rules with other than Allāh's ruling (4) One who claims to know the unseen [ʿIlm al-Ghayb] (5) One who is worshipped besides Allāh and is pleased with being worshipped.

  • All disobedience to Allāh in reality is obedience to Shayṭān.

  • The danger of speaking in the religion of al-Islām without knowledge.