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And the evidence for at tawakkul (trust and

reliance) is His Saying, He the Most High:

And place your trust and reliance upon

Allaah, if you are (true) believers.1

And His Saying:

“And whoever places his trust and reliance in

Allaah then He will suffice him.”2 3

The Shaykh Saalih al Fawzaan hafidhahullaah mentions in

his explanation:

Q1. That tawakkul:

a) involves depending and relying upon Allaah 4 5

1
Soorah al Maaidah (5) aayah 23
2
Soorah at Talaaq (65) aayah 3
3
Shaykh Saalih ibn ‘Abdil ‘Azeez aale Shaykh hafidhahullaah mentions in his
explanation of Thalaathat ul Usool: (p25)

This (aayah) contains praise for the one who makes tawakkul upon Allaah; so it
contains a proof that tawakkul upon Allaah is an action that Allaah loves and is
pleased with. And the meaning of that is that it is from the types of acts of
worship.
4
Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al Jaami rahimahullaah mentions in his explanation
of Thalaathat ul Usool:

Tawakkul (reliance and trust) upon Allaah is the heart’s depending (upon Him);
tawakkul is an action of the heart. Tawakkul is not to be done except upon Allaah.
It is not permissible to depend upon (other than Allaah) for your provision, your
being rightly guided, your righteousness nor that of your offspring nor the
correctness of your affairs – it is not permissible to depend except upon Allaah,
without exception.
And depending upon some of the means with your heart is a type of shirk.
As for implementing actions and putting them into practice, then this is something
legislated; however depending upon those means is (an act) from shirk. The
depending is to be upon Allaah alone.
5
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

At tawakkul is to entrust your affairs and to place reliance upon Allaah, the Perfect and Most High,
and to entrust affairs to Him.
b) is one of the only forms of worship that can be directed towards
other than Allaah
c) is from the greatest forms of worship
d) will protect a person from falling into major sins

Answers: a) c)

Q2. That the person who does not make tawakkul upon
Allaah:

a) leaves the fold of Islaam by doing so

b) is not a person of eemaan 6 7
c) has nullified all his acts of worship
d) is just the same as the person who does make tawakkul upon
Allaah

Answer: b)

Q3. That from Allaah’s Names which we know of is:

a) al Wakeel 8
b) al Mutawakkil
c) at Tawakkul
d) at Tawkeel

Answer: a)

Q4. That in Islaam a person is allowed to say:

6
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

Then He (Allaah) said (in this aayah):

if you are people of eemaan (believers)…
So He made it a condition of eemaan to have tawakkul (trust and reliance) upon Allaah, the Perfect
and Most High. And this shows that whoever does not place his trust and reliance upon Allaah, then he
is not a mu-min (person of eemaan).
7
Shaykh Saalih ibn ‘Abdil ‘Azeez aale Shaykh hafidhahullaah mentions in his
explanation of Thalaathat ul Usool: (p45)

Then this (aayah) also contains a proof that He made tawakkul a condition of
(having) eemaan, so He said:

And place your tawakkul upon Allaah if you are (true) believers.
So the meaning of that is that eemaan is not attained except with tawakkul upon
Allaah alone.
8
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

And from Allaah’s Names is al Wakeel (the Trustworthy Disposer of affairs) – the One to Whom the
affairs of His servants are entrusted, He the Perfect and Most High.
a) I made tawakkul upon my father
b) I made tawakkul upon my teacher
c) I made tawakkul upon Allaah
d) None of the above 9

Answer: c)

Q5. That at tawkeel :

a) Can be directed to other than Allaah 10

b) Is the same as at tawakkul
c If a person directs it to other than Allaah, then he is without
exception a person of shirk 11
d) Was something that only the Messenger sall Allaahu ‘alaihi wa
sallam was allowed to direct to other than Allaah

Answers: a)

Q6. The aayah quoted from Soorah al Anfaal quoted by the

Shaykh shows that:

a) at tawkeel is from the attributes of the believers

b) eemaan cannot increase or decrease
c) the believers make tawakkul upon Allaah 12
d) the believers can make tawakkul upon other than Allaah as well

9
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

So tawakkul cannot be upon other than Allaah.

And it is not permissible for a person to say, “ I placed my tawakkul (reliance) upon so-and-so (from
the creation)” because tawakkul is worship and worship cannot be except for Allaah.
10
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

As for if you delegate someone from the creation to carry something out for you, then this is not called
tawakkul; it is called tawkeel (entrusting).
11
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

And the Prophet sall Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam delegated some people to deputise for him in carrying
out certain duties.
12
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

(Allaah’s statement)
The believers are only those who when Allaah is mentioned , their hearts tremble and when His
signs are recited to them, it increases them in eemaan. And they place their tawakkul upon their
Lord.
Soorah al Anfaal (8) aayah 2

These are from the attributes of the believers.

Answer: c)

Q7. That with regards to Allaah and the creation:

a) Tawakkul is to be performed upon both Allaah and upon the

creation
b) Tawakkul is performed upon Allaah and tawkeel upon the
creation 13
c) Tawkeel is performed upon Allaah and tawakkul upon the creation
d) We make tawakkul upon neither Allaah nor upon the creation

Answer: b)

Q8. That if a person were to make true and sincere tawakkul

upon Allaah:

a) he need not seek after the means to achieve what he wants to

achieve
b) he would put into practice the means to achieve what he wants 14
c) he would depend upon Allaah for the end results of the means he
implements
d) he can stay in his house all his life and everything he needs will
come to him

Answers: b) c)

Q9. That when we plant a seed in the ground:

a) this negates true tawakkul

b) we have put in the place the means and the result is with Allaah
15

13
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

It (tawakkul) cannot be for other than Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, because He is the One who is
fully able to do everything and He is the Owner of everything. And He is fully able to bring about for
you what you desire.
As for the created being then he might not be able to bring about something for you that you desire. So
you may entrust him with carrying something out; however tawakkul (trust and reliance) is to be made
upon Allaah with regard to attainment of that thing.
14
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

And we should know that tawakkul does not negate using the means (to achieve a goal). So the Muslim
combines having tawakkul upon Allaah and utilising the means…however you do not place your
tawakkul upon the means; rather you depend upon Allaah.
15
Shaykh al Fawzaan comments in his explanation of al Usool uth Thalaathah:

So you plant the seed in the earth; this is the means. However you do not depend upon your planting
and your own action. Rather you have reliance upon Allaah with regard to the growth of this plant and
its producing fruit and its being kept safe and its being good and suitable.
c) the seed will always grow into a healthy plant if a true believer
plants it
d) it is Allaah and not us who has dug the hole and put the seed in
the ground

Answer: b)

For this reason, He says:

Do you see the seed which you sow? Do you make it grow or are We the One who causes it to
grow?
Soorah al Waaqi’ah (56) aayaat 63 to 64

So the One who causes it grow in reality is Allaah; as for you, then you have only put into place the
means. It may produce this plant and grow, or it may not produce it. And if it grows, it may be good
and fitting and it may not be good. It may be struck by some calamity so it goes away.

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