Aqeedah at Tawheed – The Meaning of Reliance (Tawakkul) on Allah

All praise be to Allaah, Lord of the all that exists, and may Allaah send His peace and praises on His Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, as well as on all of his family members and Companions, and those who follow his guidance, tread his methodology and adhere to his Sunnah until the Day of Recompense.

To Proceed: Relying on Allaah (tawakkul) is one of the greatest forms of worship. Allaah says: “So upon Allaah, put your trust if you are truly believers.” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 23] So He made relying upon Allaah (tawakkul) a condition for Eemaan (Faith).

Allaah said to His Prophet: “So when you have made a decision, then put your trust in Allaah.” [Surah Aali ‘Imraan: 159]

So He ordered His Prophet to put his trust and reliance on Allaah.

Allaah says: “O Prophet! Allaah is sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.” [Surah Al-Anfaal: 64]

And He says: “And whoever is dutiful to Allaah, He makes a way out for him (from every difficulty). And He will provide for him from places he never could imagine. And whoever puts his trust in Allaah, He will suffice him. Verily, Allaah will accomplish His purpose. Indeed, Allaah has set a measure for all things.” [Surah At-Talaaq: 2-3]

And He says: “And whoever is dutiful to Allaah, He will make his matter easy for him. That is the Command of Allaah, which He has sent down to you. And whoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will expiate from him his sins and enlarge his reward.” [Surah At-Talaaq: 4-5]

Furthermore, Allaah has linked this reliance (tawakkul) to worship ( ‘ibaadah), as occurs in His statement: “So worship Him and put your trust in Him.” [Surah Hood: 123]

Allaah orders us to put our trust in Him, and He praises those who do it. He also states in many verses of the Qur’aan that He loves those who put their reliance in Him. All of this indicates and shows the importance of putting one’s trust in Allaah.

Relying upon Allaah is from the actions of the heart – so it is an act of worship of the heart. Therefore, putting one’s trust in Allaah is not to be done with one’s limbs and body parts. Rather, it is found in the heart, just like fear (khawf), awe (khashyah), longing (raghbah), dreading (rahbah) and dutifulness (taqwaa) of Allaah – all of these are acts of worship of the heart.

The position of tawakkul (reliance on Allaah) is as some of the scholars have stated:“The position of tawakkul in the Religion is like that of the head on a body.”

So a person that does not have tawakkul does not have Religion, just like a body that has no head. It is well known that if a body is missing its head, it will cease to live. This is the same case with the Religion – if it lacks tawakkul, it lacks correctness – meaning that one will not have a correct religion.

Therefore, relying on Allaah has a great standing amongst the stations of servitude to Allaah. Allaah uses it to distinguish His believing servants from everyone else. So whoever doesn’t put his trust in Allaah at all is a disbeliever. And whoever puts his trust in Allaah and also on others besides Allaah (at the same time) is a polytheist. And as for the one who puts his trust in Allaah alone – he is a monotheistic believer whom Allaah loves and whose actions and statements He is pleased with. This is since he has established his actions and statements upon a correct foundation.

So what is the meaning of this tawakkul (reliance on Allaah), which holds such importance and high position in the Religion?

The Meaning of Reliance (Tawakkul) on Allaah
Tawakkul on Allaah means: Entrusting one’s affairs to Him and relying on Him in all matters. Entrusting one’s affairs to Allaah entails not turning to someone else for unseen (ghaibi) support or help.

So reliance (tawakkul) upon Allaah can be with regard to matters of Creed, such that the servant’s heart does not turn to anyone else besides Allaah. Therefore, he is always putting his reliance in Allaah, entrusting all of his affairs to Him.

The pagans did not fall into polytheism and disbelief except due to the fact that they put their reliance in other than Allaah, entrusted their affairs to other than Him, and believed in their hearts that someone besides Allaah was able to grant their requests, alleviate their worries and repel harms from them. So they relied on statues, idols, trees, stones, graves, shrines and the deceased.
They put their trust in created beings to grant them things that only Allaah could do. So they began to ask them for help, offer sacrifices to them, make oaths to them, and directed various forms of worship to them. This is since they have relied on them apart from Allaah, thinking that they have the power to benefit them, harm them or grant their requests. Due to this, when they put their reliance in other than Allaah and directed their beliefs and worship to other than Him, they disbelieved in Him.

The foundation of Shirk is: Entrusting one’s affairs and putting one’s reliance on other than Allaah. This is why Allaah says: “So upon Allaah, put your trust if you are truly believers.” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 23]

The scholars say: The object of the verb here “upon Allaah” denotes limitedness. Thus the ayah means: “Put your trust in Allaah alone and not anyone else.” So Allaah has restricted tawakkul to Himself alone apart from others. Upon Allaah” means not upon anyone else. The ayah continues: “…put your trust if you are truly believers.” Allaah has made tawakkul (reliance on Allaah) here a sign of one’s Faith in Him and proof of one’s Tawheed.

As for the one who claims to be a believer and an adherent of Tawheed, but yet then goes on to put his trust in other than Allaah, such as stones, trees, statues, graves, the deceased, and so on, then this person’s claim is false. And he is not a believer since he has entrusted his affairs to someone besides Allaah.

By: Shaikh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan,
Haqeeqat-ut-Tawakkul ‘ala Allaah

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JUSTE UN INSTANT (Just a moment)

pas se mentir et à observer ce qui nous entoure. L’angoisse de cet instant car la peur de prendre du recul et de voir nos erreurs. Juste un instant pour être, enfin, conscient de ce qui nous freine et nous entraîne dans des choses néfastes dans l’évolution de notre vie. Un doute, un silence dans la parole, une preuve que l’on ne sait pas ce que l’on croit savoir. Un instant, une minute, une journée, une pensée, un regard, un mot, une parole, un partage, un sourire…

Parfois le temps est comme suspendu, sous le choque d’un événement nous sommes comme figés, comme arrêté dans notre cheminement. La vie va si vite et nous passons notre temps à vouloir rattraper le temps mais le temps nous rattrape. On passe notre temps à courir sans voir ceux qui nous entourent, et un jour on pleure le temps passé, on pleure ceux qui ne sont plus. Juste un instant suffit pour écouter, entendre son cœur. Cinq fois par jour, le musulman se voit offrir un instant, une pause, une recharge, qu’en fait-il ?

La lecture de ce texte est déjà une pause pour toi, un instant que tu t’accordes, que tu accordes à Dieu, à ta conscience, à ton essence, à ta foi, à ton cœur. Sache qu’à l’instant où tu lis ces mots, leur poids me pèse encore car nos émotions ne s’effacent pas, elles se dissimulent pour réapparaître…

Juste un instant pour te remercier d’avoir fait l’effort de me lire. Je te demande cher lecteur, un instant pour pardonner à ceux qui t’entourent, pour revenir à Celui qui maitrise la Création toute entière, pour offrir du temps à ceux qui en ont besoin, pour t’effacer là où tu pourrais laisser ta place à celui qui n’ose pas, pour partager ces mots, pour dévoiler ce que contient ton cœur à ceux qui méritent de l’entendre.


Just a moment, a pause to discover, learn to know ourselves, not to lie and watch the world around us. The anguish of that moment for fear of stepping back and see our mistakes. Just a moment to be finally aware of what hinders us and leads us into bad things in the evolution of our life. A doubt, a pause in speech, proof that we do not know what one understands. One moment, one minute a day, a thought, a glance, a word, a word sharing a smile ...

Sometimes time is suspended under the shock of an event as we are frozen, as agreed in our path. Life goes so fast and we spend our time trying to catch up but time is catching up. We spend our time running around without seeing those around us, and one day we spent the time crying, you cry those who are not. Just a moment just to listen, hear his heart. Five times a day, the Muslim is offered a moment, pause, reload, what is it?

Reading this text is already a break for you, a moment that you grant you, that you grant to God, to your conscience, your essence, your faith, your heart. Know that the moment you read these words, their weight still weighs on me because our emotions do not disappear, they reappear in disguise ...

Just a moment to thank you for making the effort to read me. I ask you dear reader a moment to forgive those around you, to return to that which controls the whole creation, to give time to those who need to t'effacer where you could leave your place to him who dares not to share these words, to reveal what's in your heart to those who deserve to hear.