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A hadith and commentary.

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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"Whoever dies without associating anything with Allah,

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shall enter Paradise."

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"And whoever dies while associating anything with Him,

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shall enter the Fire."

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This was narrated by Muslim, and al-Bukhari narrated a portion of it.

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Commentary:

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The Oneness of Allah (tawhid)

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is the foremost of the religious commandments and the most deserving of our attention.

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As for associating partners with Him,

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it is the greatest of major sins, the most heinous of evils, and the most detestable of all wrongs.

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Therefore, the most essential of all duties

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is that we learn tawhid so that we may draw closer to Allah through it,

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and that we understand shirk so that we may avoid it and be wary of it.