Nine Conditions Of The Shahadah: Very Important!

[Abu-Salman]

1 KNOWLEDGE: ('ilm):

 

Allah says in the Qur'an,

"So know that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for your sin."

(Surah Muhammad: 19).

 

Similarly, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,

“Whoever dies knowing that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah shall enter Paradise.”

(Recorded in Sahih Muslim).

 

 

2 CERTAINTY (yaqeen):

 

Allah says,

"the (true) believers are those only who believe in Allah and His messenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such are the sincere."

(al-Hujjarat : 15).

 

Similarly, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "No one meets Allah with the testimony that there is none worthy of worship but Allah and I am the Messenger of Allah, and he has no doubt about hat statement, except that he will enter Paradise." (Recorded by Muslim.)

 

Indeed, Allah describes the hypocrites as those people whose hearts are wavering. For example, Allah says,

 

"They alone seek leave of thee (not to participate in jihad) who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver."

(al-Tauba: 45).

 

 

3 ACCEPTANCE (qabool):

 

Allah says in the Qur'an,

"Do you believe in part of the book and reject part of it? And what is the reward of those who do so, except humiliation in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent to the most dreadful doom."

(al-Baqarah: 85).

 

 

4 SUBMISSION and COMPLIANCE (Inqiyad):

 

Allah commands in the Qur'an,

"Turn unto Him repentant, and surrender unto Him" (al-Zumar: 54).

 

Allah has praised those who submit to His command by their actions. Allah says,

 

"Who is better in religion than he who surrenders his purpose to Allah while doing good" (al-Nisa: 125).

 

Actually, Allah has clearly made it a condition of faith that one submits to the command of Allah and His messenger. Allah says,

 

"But nay, by your Lord, they will not truly believe until they make you [the Messenger of Allah] judge of what is in dispute between them and find within themselves no dislike of which you decide, and submit with full submission" (al-Nisa: 65)

 

 

5 TRUTHFULNESS (as-sidq):

 

As opposed to hypocrisy and dishonesty:

Allah has described them in the opening of the Qur'an with the following words,

 

"And of mankind are some who say, 'We believe in Allah and the Last Day,' when they believe not. They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile none save themselves, but they perceive not. In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increases their disease. A painful doom is theirs because they lie"

 

The Prophet (peace be upon his) said, "No one bears testimony to there being no one worth of worship save Allah, sincerely from his heart, except that Allah makes the Hell-fire forbidden for him."

 

 

6 SINCERITY (or al-ikhlass):

 

Allah says in the Qur'an,

"Worship Allah, making religion pure for him" (al-Zumar: 2).

 

And Allah also says,

 

"And they are ordained not else than to serve Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as men by nature upright and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion" (al-Bayinah: 5).

 

And the Prophet (peace be upon him) added, "Allah has forbidden for the Hell-fire anyone who says, 'There is no one worthy of worship except Allah,' and say so desiring the face [and pleasure] of Allah." (Recorded by Muslim).

 

7 LOVE (mahabbah):

 

Allah says in the Qur'an,

"Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of worship which they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like (that which is due to) Allah only. However, those who believe are stauncher in their love of Allah" (al-Baqarah: 165).

 

And elsewhere Allah says:

 

"Say: If your fathers, or your sons, or your brethren, or your wives, or your tribe, or the wealth you have acquired, or merchandise for which you fear that there will be no sale, or dwellings you desire are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His way: then wait till Allah brings His command to pass. Allah guides not wrongdoing folk" (al-Tauba: 24).

 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Whoever has three characteristics has tasted the sweetness of faith. [The first of these] is that he loves Allah and His Messenger more than he loves anyone else..."(Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim.).

 

 

8 DENIAL OF FALSE WORSHIP:

 

Allah states,

"And he who rejects false deities and believes in Allah has grasped a firm handhold which will never break" (al-Baqarah: 256).

 

Perhaps the Prophet (peace be upon him) made this point even clearer when he said, "Whoever says there is no one worthy of worship except Allah and denies whatever is worshipped besides Allah, then his wealth and blood are protected and his accounting will be with Allah." (Recorded by Muslim).

 

 

9 ADHERENCE (astaqeem) until death:

 

Allah says in the Qur'an,

 

"O believers, observe your duty to Allah with right observance, and die not except as Muslims "O believers, observe your duty to Allah with right observance, and die not except as Muslims [in complete state of surrender, submission, obedience to Allah]" [in complete state of surrender, submission, obedience to Allah]" (al-Imran: 102).

 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, " A man spends a long time doing the deeds of the people of Paradise and then he ends his deeds with the deeds of the people of the Hell-fire. And a man spends a long time doing the deeds of the people of the Hell-fire and then he ends his deeds with the deeds of the people of Paradise." (Recorded by Muslim)

In another hadeeth, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,

"By the One beside whom there is no other God, one of you does the actions of Paradise until there is just a hand span between him and Paradise and then the book [preordainment] overtakes him and he does the actions of the people of Hell and he enters into it." (Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim.)

 

 

Walaalayal, these are the conditions of the shahadah. These are the aspects of the shahadah that each and every one of us should look deep down into our own hearts and ask ourselves:"Is my shahadah meeting those requirements?"

"Am I saying it sincerely, honestly and out of love for Allah?"

"Am I saying it based on what it really means?"

"Am I denying all other false objects of worship?"

"Is there any part of my shahadah that is weak or missing?"

[Haneefah]

Indeed, understanding this is very crucial.

 

Bro Nur has few threads regarding tawheed and poses some interesting questions there. You might want to contribute your thoughts there too, Insha'allah.

 

Jazakallah Khair.

[Aaliyyah]

D-Jib masha-allah Barakalaahu fiik..... May Allah guide us , and make us those that their shahada meets all the above requirements Amiin Ya AllaaH.

 

wa salaamu alaikum

[Umm al_khair]

masha allah, jazakala khair

 

i didnt know there was 9, i though there were only 7 conditions.