Sharia Education · Learning Games
Tawhid 29 · Attributing rain to the stars
Kitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 29 · 6 lessons · 12 questions · text, commentary & disagreement
Understand the al-Waqi‘ah verse, Abu Malik’s hadith on four pre-Islamic practices, and Zayd ibn Khalid’s hadith at al-Hudaybiyah: when attributing rain to stars is major shirk, minor shirk or permitted, and the scholars’ difference over saying “in the season of this star”.
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Sources and credits
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab · tr. Ahmad Hendrix · attributed supplementary discussion
Read before you start
Tawhid 30 · Loving Allah: Qur’an al-Baqarah 165Kitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 30
Tawhid 31 · Fearing Allah: Qur’an Al ‘Imran 175Kitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 31
Tawhid 32 · Reliance on Allah: a condition of faith and how it is practisedKitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 32
Tawhid 33 · Feeling safe from Allah’s plan and despairing of His mercyKitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 33
Tawhid 34 · Patience with Allah’s decrees is part of faithKitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 34
Tawhid 35 · Riya’: doing deeds to be seen by peopleKitab al-Tawhid · Chapter 35