Question: What is Islam?
Answer: Islam is submission
to Allah, in His Oneness, complying to His commands with obedience, and
denouncing polytheism (Shirk) and its adherents.
Question: What is the meaning
of
‘There is no god but Allah?
لا إله إلا الله
Answer: There is no god who
truly deserves to be worshipped but Allah alone.
Question: What is meant
by ‘There is no god.’?(*)
لا إله
Answer: It means denying all
dieties worshipped beside Allah.
Question: What is meant by
إلا الله
‘but Allah’?
Answer: Confirming that
worship must be devoted to Allah alone with no partners worshipped beside Him,
as He has no one to share His domain.
Question: What is the meaning
of the testification
محمد رسول الله
“Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”?
Answer: To obey the Prophet
Muhammad’s commands, to refrain from his Prohibitions, and to believe in his
sayings and to worship Allah by performing only acts of worship he designated.
....
(*) This question and the
question which follows it are meant to fulfil the meaning of the testification
of faith which can be divided into two segments: the first segment stands for
denial of all dieties that are worshipped other than or beside Allah, and the
second segment stands for confirming all acts of worship to Allah alone.
[Translator]
Selected from: The
Fundamentals of Islam (Followed by the Four Rules) by Shaikhul-Islam Muhammad
bin Abdul Wahab (رحمه الله), pages; 26-31 |Printed & Published by
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da’wah and Guidance with the
co-operation of Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim Welfare and Establishment,
RIYADH, KSA. 1421/2001 AD
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A comprehensive meaning of Laa ilaaha illallaah - لا معبود حق إلا الله و لا معبود بحق إلا الله (None has the right to be worshipped in truth except Allaah) including certain requirements as follows: (1. It has to be pronounce/stated 2. The meaning has to be understood 3.We have to implement and act upon what it requires of us) taught by Ustaadh Hassan Somali (Explanation of Kitaab al-Tawheed | Lesson 3
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The Eight Conditions Of La
ilāha illallāh Khutbah by Ustādh AbuKhadeejah
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