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Understanding Your Testimony of Faith

Understanding Your Testimony of Faith

Seven Essential Points of Understanding

Seven Essential Points of Understanding

Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb & Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb & Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī

Uttering the Muslim’s testimony of faith, the first pillar of Islãm, “Lā ilāha illá Allãh” (There is none worthy of worship except Allah), is very easy on the tongue, but many of us do not understand the depth of its meaning or the implications associated with uttering it. Or if we do, many of us fail to implement it in totality. In reality, there is no true worship without knowledge of the meaning of “Lā ilāha illá Allãh” and implementing it. “Knowledge is the foundation! Knowledge precedes all statements and actions. Knowledge is the basis [of everything]”

The explainer (Shaykh Muḥammad Amān) lists the seven essential components of Lā ilāha illá Allãh and meticulously clarifies each one, giving the reader an in-depth understanding of this monumental utterance.

Uttering the Muslim’s testimony of faith, the first pillar of Islãm, “Lā ilāha illá Allãh” (There is none worthy of worship except Allah), is very easy on the tongue, but many of us do not understand the depth of its meaning or the implications associated with uttering it. Or if we do, many of us fail to implement it in totality. In reality, there is no true worship without knowledge of the meaning of “Lā ilāha illá Allãh” and implementing it. “Knowledge is the foundation! Knowledge precedes all statements and actions. Knowledge is the basis [of everything]”

The explainer (Shaykh Muḥammad Amān) lists the seven essential components of Lā ilāha illá Allãh and meticulously clarifies each one, giving the reader an in-depth understanding of this monumental utterance.

Pivotal Quote
Pivotal Quote
From the Hadith of Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said (what means): “I testify that no one has the right to be worshipped except Allāh, and that I am the Messenger of Allāh. No servant meets his Lord with these two [testimonies], having no doubt in them, except that he shall go to Paradise.” Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (no. 27)
From the Hadith of Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said (what means): “I testify that no one has the right to be worshipped except Allāh, and that I am the Messenger of Allāh. No servant meets his Lord with these two [testimonies], having no doubt in them, except that he shall go to Paradise.” Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (no. 27)
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April 2016, 1st Edition
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