Conditions of shahada

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Conditions of shahada

• By Ausjed Ali

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1st condition

• The first condition of shahada is knowledge.
• Declaration of faith based on knowledge of Allah
• The Prophet (saw) said Whoever dies knowing
  that none has the right to be worshipped but
  Allah will enter paradise.
• It is essential that one declaring faith has
  basic knowledge of Allah in order to have correct
  belief in Allah
• If ones concept Allah is distorted, one may
  actually believe in many gods while denying that
  they do so.

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Certainty

• Certainty A persons faith should not have any
  doubts about Allah being the one true god and
  that Allah does not share His power with humans
• The Prophet (saw) was quoted saying Who ever
  bears witness that none has the right to be
  worshipped but Allah and that I am the Messenger
  of Allah, and meets Allah having no doubt in
  this, then Allah will put him in paradise
• Some people pray because they are doing it out
  precaution incase if Allah is real. These prayers
  have no value since they are not a product of
  certainty of faith. These doubts can help shaitan
  into fooling you.
• The Prophet (saw) said Satan will come to
  everyone of you and ask Who created this and
  that?- until he questions Who created your lord.

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Sincerity

• It has been said in many places of the quran
  Allah said if rites and rituals are not done with
  sincerity they are not acceptable. Satan has no
  sincerity even though he knows about the oneness
  of Allah so his faith is not clear. Sincerity has
  to be there so la ilaha illallah will affect the
  individual and will live in accordance with it.
• The Prophet said, The person who will be most
  pleased with my intercession is the one who says
  none has the right to be worshipped but Allah
  sincerely from his heart. He also said, Indeed
  Allah has made the Hell-fire prohibited for who
  says, la ilaha illallah desiring only the
  pleasure of Allah.

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Truthfulness

• The Prophet said, whoever bears witness
  truthfully from his heart, that none has the
  right to be worshipped except Allah and that
  Mohammad is his slave and Messenger ,without
  fail, Allah will make the Hell-fire forbidden for
  him.
• The condition of truthfulness is related to
  sincerity. One must be truthfull when one
  declares the shahada otherwise it will devoid of
  sincerity and will not be accepted of sincerity
  and will not be acceptable to Allah. Allah said
• Did people honestly think that they would be
  left alone to say, We believe, and not be
  tested? Indeed I tested those who came before
  them. Allah will know who are truthful and who
  are liars.

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love

• Like the condition love is also related to
  sincerity. For the declaration of faith to be
  valid, it must be expressed out in love to Allah.
  Humans love each other but there love to god
  should be on a much higher level and to a greater
  extent. This is because of Allah's blessings. If
  this love is not there people are actually
  denying Allah's mercy. The prophet said
• If a person has the following three qualities,
  he will taste the sweetness of faith that Allah
  and His messenger are more beloved to him
  anything else

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Submission

• The natural consequence of true love is
  submission. Sincerity born of love will lead one
  who declares his or her belief in Allah to accept
  and act on divine instructions. When someone in
  love says I will do anything for you. From an
  Islamic perspective love of that type becomes an
  act of worship which only belongs to Allah.

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Acceptance

• For the completion of the condition of
  submission, the additional condition of
  acceptance must be fulfilled. Acceptance should
  also be there for submission to be sincere and
  not just a ritual. Complete acceptance is
  essential for the spirit of the law to be
  preserved while the letter of law is being
  preserved.

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Disbelief

• One must disbeleive in all that is worshipped
  besides Allah as a condition for the acceptance
  of the declaration of faith.
• The prophet is quoted as saying,
• Allah has made inviolable the wealth and blood
  of whoever says, La ilaha illallah and
  disbelieves in anything worshipped besides Allah
  and his reckoning will be with Allah.

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Second part of shahada

• The second part of declaration confirms the
  belief Allah revealed his will to mankind through
  messengers chosen from among them. It also
  confirms Mohammed the son of Abdullah is the
  messenger of Allah.

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Allah knows best

• Why didnt Allah place Mohammed in Europe or any
  other part of thye world. Know one knows why but
  Allah knows best as it is stated in 6124 Allah
  knows best with whom to place his message
• Allah chose Mohammed because he was the most
  suitable of all humankind to receive the final
  message.

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Infalibility

• Testifying to ones belief in Muhammad prophet
  hood is meaningless id the one testifying does
  not accept that he was free from error. The
  belief that he did not make any mistakes in
  conveying the message of Islam is essential to
  belief in his prophet hood. This condition means
  that he like other humans made mistakes that were
  both mentioned in the quran and the sunnah. When
  he made a mistake because he was a prophet Allah
  would correct him and use his error as a means of
  educating is followers.

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UNIVERSALITY

• It is necessary condition that one believe Allah
  gave the prophet a message that was for all
  humankind. The final message conveyed by the
  Prophet Mohammed (saw) was for all mankind. The
  final message conveyed by Prophet Mohammed (saw)
  was for all of humankind till the end of time.
  The prophet was not a prophet to the Arabs, as
  some claim he was a prophet to all humankind.

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Completeness

• Since the prophet sonveyed the complete message
  which was revealed to him. Since he was free from
  error with regard to his message, it was conveyed
  in its entirety and nothing was left out. Allah
  instructed the prophet to relay everything that
  was revealed to him, otherwise his mission would
  be unsuccessful.
• Aisha (R.A) is reported to have said Whoever
  claims that Prophet Mohammed did not convey the
  whole message is a liar.

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Finality

• Belief in the second part of declaration includes
  the belief that Muhammad (saw) was the seal of
  the prophet hood. Allah will not send another
  prophet or messenger after him. Prophet himself
  confirmed in recording statements that he was the
  last prophet No prophet will come after me.
• Allah chose to preserve the quran because it was
  the final message of the final messenger.