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EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF TAAGHOOT
Book Title Explanation Of The Meaning Of Taaghoot
Book AuthorMuhammad bin Abdul-Wahhaab
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Explanation of The Meaning of Taaghoot 

EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF TAAGHOOT 

Section One: Mankind’s First Obligation 

Know, may Allaah have mercy on you, that the first thing Allaah obligated on the Son of Aadam is to reject the Taaghoot and believe in Allaah. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “And We have indeed sent to every nation a messenger (saying to his people): ‘Worship Allaah alone and avoid the Taaghoot (false deities).” [Surah An Nahl: 36] 

Language: Farada (obligated) mandated; Taaghoot is derived from the verb taghaa (to transgress), and it means everything that has passed and transgressed its limit. 

Explanation: The Shaikh, may Allaah have mercy on him, began his treatise by clarifying the first thing that Allaah has obligated upon mankind, which is derived from the Book of Allaah, the Most High. 

This obligation is: Rejecting the Taaghoot and Believing in Allaah, as Allaah says: 

“And We have indeed sent to every nation a messenger (saying to his people): ‘Worship Allaah alone and avoid the Taaghoot (false deities).” [Surah An-Nahl: 36] 

So the first thing is Rejecting and Disbelieving in the Taaghoot, which is: Everything that is worshipped besides Allaah while being pleased with this worship.

This includes removing every (false) god that is worshipped besides Allaah, such as a tree, a stone, the sun, the moon, an angel, a human and so on and so forth.

 These things have no right to be worshipped besides Allaah, because they do not have any command over the affairs (of the Universe). 

Then after that comes making one’s Religion sincerely for Allaah alone, worshipping only Him, and affirming His right to that apart from all others.

This obligation – which is Disbelieving in the Taaghoot and Believing in Allaah – is the reality of what is meant by Laa llaaha IllaaAllaah (There is no deity that has the right to be worshipped except 

Allaah), for indeed it is a negation and an affirmation. Laa llaaha (There is no deity that has the right to be worshipped) is a negation of those other than Allaah having the right to be worshipped.

This is Disbelieving in the Taaghoot. And IllaaAllaah (Except Allaah) is an affirmation that Allaah is the only one that has the right to be worshipped 

By this, the first obligation mandated upon the servant becomes clear. And it is not intellectual insight or anything else, as some of the (deviant) groups of Rhetoric and others claim. It is that which has just been mentioned: Disbelieving in the Taaghoot and Believing in Allaah. 

Summary:

  1. The first obligation on the servant is: Disbelieving in the Taaghoot and Believing in Allaah. 
  2. Taaghoot means everything that is worshipped besides Allaah, while being pleased with this worship. 
  3. Some deviant groups from the People of Rhetoric claim that intellectual insight is the first obligation upon the sane adult. 

Examination: 

  1. What is the first obligation on mankind? State the proof for it. 
  2. What is the meaning of the word Taaghoot? 
  3. Explain the reality of the meaning of Laa llaaha IllaaAllaah, and what does it mean when it is said it is a negation and an affirmation. 
  4. Who disagrees concerning the first obligation upon the sane adult, and what is their belief? 

Section Two: The Meaning of Rejecting the Taaghoot and Believing in Allaah 

As for the description of Rejecting the Taaghoot, then it is that you believe in the futility of worshipping other than Allaah, and that you abandon doing so and hate it, and that you reject and make enmity with does who do it.

And as for the meaning of Believing in Allaah, then it is that you believe that Allaah is the only true God who deserves to be worshipped alone, apart from everything else besides Him.

And it is that you make all types of worship – every act – sincerely for Allaah alone, while negating and rejecting that from everything else that is worshipped besides Him. 

It also entails that you love and show friendship to the people of Ikhlaas (i.e. Islaam), while hating and showing enmity to the people of Shirk.

This is the Religion of Ibraaheem, of which those who turn away from it only fool themselves. And this is the good example that Allaah informs us of in His saying: “There has indeed been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their people: “Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah. We have rejected you and there has commenced between us and you, enmity and hatred forever, until you believe in Allaah alone.” [Surah Al Mumtahanah: 41 

Language: safiha (fools oneself) means he neglects and wrongs himself; uswah (example) role model; badaa (commenced) to appear. 

Explanation: As for the description of Rejecting and Disbelieving in the Taaghoot, then it is that a person believes in the falsehood of worshipping other than Allaah, as Allaah says: 

“And that what they supplicate to besides Allaah is false.” [Surah Al-Hajj: 62] 

And it is that a person abandons and leaves off this worship, not going near it, and so he doesn’t mix anything into his worship of Allaah. 

And it is that he hates and loathes disbelief and the worship of Taaghoot, as Allaah says: 

Explanation of “The Meaning of Taaghoot” 

And if you disbelieve, then indeed Allaah is not in need of you. And He is not pleased with disbelief for His servants.” [Surah Az-Zumar: 7] 

This includes that he holds its people to be upon disbelief, making enmity with them. So he doesn’t ally with them nor does he show love for them nor does he support them. 

The meaning of Believing in Allaah is that a person believes that Allaah is the only God, the One that is worshipped, the only One that has the right to be worshipped apart from all others. So there is no one that has the right to be worshipped besides Him, as Allaah says: 

“That is because Allaah, He is the truth.” [Surah Al-Hajj: 62] 

Likewise, he makes all types of worship sincerely for Allaah alone, such as prayer, fasting, Zakaat, Hajj, supplication, swearing oaths, reliance, hoping, fearing and so on. So he negates these from everything that is worshipped besides Allaah and makes them solely and purely for Allaah alone, as He says: 

“Say: It is Allaah whom I worship sincerely, to Him belongs my religion (i.e. worship).” [Surah Az-Zumar: 14] 

So it is not permissible to direct any part of this worship to something other than Allaah, and if he fails to abide by this then it is Shirk. 

What falls under “Believing in Allaah” is having love for the people who worship Him sincerely and the adherents of Tawheed, as well as befriending them by loving them, assisting them and showing affection to them. It also includes hating their opponents from the people of Shirk, disassociating with them and not seeking allegiance them, as the Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The firmest grasp of Eemaan (Faith) is loving for the sake of Allaah and hating for the sake of Allaah.”1 

What has just been explained right now is the religion of Ibraaheem, peace be on him,  about which Allaah said: 

“And who is it that turns away from the religion of Ibraaheem except one who fools (wrongs) himself.” [Surah Al-Baqarah: 130] 

Allaah has clarified the stance that Ibraaheem and those believers that followed him took against their disbelieving people, so He said, ascertaining that this is the example that we are obligated to follow and abide by: 

“There has indeed been an excellent example for you in Ibraaheem and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allaah. We have rejected you and there has commenced between us and you, enmity and hatred forever, until you believe in Allaah alone.“” [Surah Al-Mumtahanah: 4] 

So they absolved themselves from them and rejected them and whatever they were worshipping besides Allaah. And they declared to them their enmity and hatred and their cutting off of love for them, until they make their worship purely for Allaah alone, single Him out apart from others and remove all of the false gods from Him. 

Reported by At-Tabaraanee in Al-Kabeer (11/215), Al-Baghawee in Sharh-us-Sunnah (13/53). Ahmad (4/286) reported similar to it and Al-Albaanee authenticated it in As-Saheehah (no. 998) based on supporting evidences. 

Explanation of “The Meaning of Taaghoot” 

Summary: 

  1. A description of Rejecting the Taaghoot is: Believing that it is false and futile to worship it, as well as holding its believers (i.e. in Taaghoot) to be disbelievers and disassociating from them. 
  2. From Believing in Allaah is making one’s worship sincerely for Him alone, loving the people of Eemaan (Faith) and associating with them. 
  3. These two fundaments make the foundation of Ibraaheem’s Religion. 

Examination: 

  1. What is the foundation of the religion of Ibraaheem? 
  2. Discuss briefly the description of Disbelieving in the Taaghoot. 
  3. Is there any connection between having Faith in Allaah and loving and befriending the people of Eemaan (Faith)? 

Section Three: The Meaning of Taaghoot and the Heads of its Categories 

The word Taaghoot is general. So everything that is worshipped besides Allaah, while being pleased with this worship – whether it is something worshipped, someone followed, or someone obeyed in the absence of obedience to Allaah and His Messenger, then that is considered Taaghoot. The Tawaagheet (pl. of Taaghoot) are many, but their heads are five: 

The First: The Devil who calls the people to worship other than Allaah. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “Did I not command you o children of Aadam, that you should not worship the Devil. Verily, he is a plain enemy to you.” [Surah Yaa Seen: 60] 

The Second: The tyrannical and oppressive ruler who changes Allaah’s rulings. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who claim to have faith in that which has been revealed to you, and that which was revealed before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taaghoot, when they have been ordered to reject them? But the Devil wishes to lead them far astray.” [Surah An-Nisaa: 60] 

The Third: The one who judges by other than what Allaah has revealed, and the proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “And whoever does not judge by what Allaah has revealed, then they are the disbelievers.” Surah Al-Maa’idah: 441 

The Fourth: The one who claims to have knowledge of the Unseen, apart from Allaah. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “He alone is the All-Knower of the Unseen, and He does not disclose His Unseen matters to anyone. Except to a messenger whom He has chosen, and then He makes a band of watching guards (angels) to march before him and behind him.” [Surah Al-Jinn: 26-27] And He says: “And with Him lie the keys to the Unseen, no one knows them but He. And He knows whatever there is in the land and in the sea; not a leaf falls except that He knows about it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry, but that it is written in a Clear Record.” [Surah Al-Ana’aam: 59] 

The Fifth: The one who is worshipped apart from Allaah, while being pleased with being worshipped. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “And whoever amongst them 

says: Verily, I am a God besides Him (Allaah)’, then this person’s recompense will be the Hellfire. That is the way we recompense the wrongdoers.” [Surah Al Anbiyaa: 29] 

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