Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Say These at the Right Time and Be Forgiven

 

In Al-Nasāʾī’s narration from Abū Hurairah alone, [who attributed it to Prophet and said]:

Whoever says:1

لاَ إِلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ واللَّهُ أَكْبَر،

لاَ إِلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ،

لاَ إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلاَ شَرِيْكَ لَهُ،

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَهُ المُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ،

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا باللَّهِ

-he counted them as five on his fingers-and then said: “Whoever says them during a day or during a night or in a month and then dies on that day or that night or that month, will have his sins forgiven.”

Rated aī li ghairihi [authentic due to supporting narrations] by Al-Albānī in aī Al-Targhib wa-l-Tarhīb, vol. 3. P. 362.

1There is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh, and Allāh is the greatest; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh alone; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh, and He has no one sharing [anything] with Him; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh – to Him alone do all things belong and the decision over all things, and to Him alone is due all praise and gratitude; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh, and there is no changing any situation and no ability to do so except as Allāh wills and ordains.

Translated by Mikail ibn Mahboob Ariff

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Note: Roman transliteration added for the benefit of new muslims:

لاَ إِلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ واللَّهُ أَكْبَر،

لاَ إِلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ،

لاَ إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلاَ شَرِيْكَ لَهُ،

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَهُ المُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ،

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا باللَّهِ

Laa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu akhbar,

Laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahu,

Laa ilaaha illallaahu wa laa shareeka lahu,

Laa ilaaha illallaahu lahul-Mulku, wa lahul-Hamdu,

Laa ilaaha illallaahu, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata ‘illaa billaah.

There is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh, and Allāh is the greatest; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh alone; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh, and He has no one sharing [anything] with Him; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh – to Him alone do all things belong and the decision over all things, and to Him alone is due all praise and gratitude; there is nothing to be worshiped in truth except Allāh, and there is no changing any situation and no ability to do so except as Allāh wills and ordains.