How is sincere tawhid to Allah ﷻ achieved, and what helps one achieve it?
In the name of Allah ﷻ, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah ﷻ, Lord of the worlds.
Blessings and peace on Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, his family, and all his Companions (RA).
To proceed, attaining tawhid is a lofty rank.
It is the rank of the foremost.
Those near to Allah ﷻ will enter Paradise with no reckoning and no punishment.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ described their qualities.
"They do not ask for ruqyah or get cauterized."
They do not believe in bad omens, and they put their trust in their Lord.
Whoever combines these qualities is among those who have perfected Tawhid.
And this is as Allah ﷻ says:
Those who stand in awe of their Lord.
They believe in the signs of their Lord.
They do not commit shirk with their Lord, and give, fearing they will return to Him.
It is they who hasten to good deeds, and are foremost in them.
These are their qualities.
They worship Allah ﷻ alone sincerely, and avoid shirk.
They avoid major and minor shirk and avoid sins.
Even more so, they avoid innovations and new practices.
They do not rely on their deeds.
Rather, despite the great deeds they do, they remain fearful of their Lord.
They offer what they offer— great righteous deeds—fearing their Lord.
These are their qualities, and this is their station with Allah ﷻ.
They do not ask others for ruqyah, for seeking it from people is a need.
Seeking ruqyah means asking people for it. That is a need, so they do without people.
But they do ruqyah on themselves and on others.
Ruqyah is a lawful remedy and a lawful cure.
But they do not ask people for it.
Rather, they do ruqyah on themselves and on others.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ performed ruqyah, and ruqyah was done for him.
They do not get cauterized, for it is disliked, though permitted.
So they left what is disliked. They left what is disliked.
Yet cautery is allowed.
Cautery is a lawful Prophetic remedy. But they avoid it because it uses fire.
Omens mean pessimism, and believing things can harm or benefit.
"Omens are shirk. Omens are shirk."
So they did without people; they do not seek ruqyah.
They avoided what is disliked: they do not get cauterized.
And they avoided shirk: they do not take omens.
These are their qualities, which the Messenger ﷺ praised. Yes.