TAwheed - class 2
Kalimah's Place, Importance & Conditions
The Place of 'Kalimah' in the Life of a Muslim
It is pronounced daily by him in:
(a) The call to prayer.
(b) At the beginning of their prayers
(c) During Tashahud.
(d) During times of 'Dhikr', which is before and after prayers, in the late evening and also in the early mornings.
(e) With this 'Kalima' did Allah send all His Messengers.
(f) About it and its obligations will people be questioned
(g) To establish it when the swords of Muslims are drawn for Jihaad.
(h) The first question in the grave will be about this 'Kalima'.
(i) It is the key to Al-Jannah.
(j) It is what the Muslims are commanded to invite to as is estbalished in the Hadeeth of Muadh when he was sent to Yemen to call the people to Islaam.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "You are going to encounter with a people of the Book, so let the first thing you call them to is the proclamation of 'laa ilaaha ill Allah' (there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah)..." [Bukhari]
THE MERITS OF THE 'KALIMAH' (LAA ILAAHA ILL ALLAH)
‘Abdullāh b. ‘Amr b. al-‘Ās narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
When death visited Allah’s Prophet Nūh (alaihissalam), he said to his son: “I shall narrate to you the will. I command you with two things and I forbid you from two things: I command with Lā ilāha illa Allāh. Surely if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed on a pan of a scale, and Lā ilāha illa Allāh was placed on the other pan of the scale, they would give in to Lā ilāha illa Allāh…» (Recorded by al-Bukhaari)
Abu Sa`eed al-Khudri said, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Moses (AS) said: O Lord! Teach me something that I can remember You with and I can supplicate You with. He (S.W.T.) said: Say 'Laa ilaaha ill Allah', O Musaa. He (Musaa) said: All of your servants say this. He (S.W.T.) said: If the seven Heavens and those who dwell in them other than Me and the seven Earths are put into one pan (of the scale) and 'Laa ilaaha ill Allaah' is put into the other; 'Laa ilaaha ill Allah' would be heavier." [Nisaai’, Ibn Hibbaan and Haakim]
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best Dhikr (remembrance) is 'Laa ilaaha ill Allah' (There is no deity worthy of worship but Allah)..." (Tirmidhi)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"A person from my Ummah will be summoned in the presence of all creatures on the Day of Judgement. Ninety-nine records (of his deeds) would be unfolded, each extending as far as the range of the vision can stretch, then he would be asked: 'Do you deny any of these deeds?' He will reply: 'No, My Lord.' He will be asked: 'Do you have any excuse or any good deed?' The man who will be scared will say: 'No' It will be said to him: 'Yes you have some good deeds. No iniquity will befall you.'
A card will then be shown to him, on it will be written: 'Laa ilaaha ill Allah, Muhammad Rasool Allah.' He will say: 'O Allah! What cards and records are these.' It will be said to him: 'No injustice shall befall you.' The (ninety-nine) records will then be placed in one pan of the scale and the card on the other. The card will then outweigh the records." [At-Tirmidhi and Al-Haakim]
All of These Merits of the 'Kalimah' Are Summarized by Ibn Rajab As Follows:
Al-Jannah is its reward.
Uttering it before death will cause one to be admitted to the Jannah.
It is a refuge from the Fire of Hell.
It is a cause for a Muslim to be forgiven.
It is the best of good deeds.
It wipes out sins.
It traverses all bariers in order to be accepted by Allah, the Almighty
It is a statement whose pronouncer will be accepted by Allah.
It is the best proclamation ever uttered by the Prophets.
It is the best celebration of His praises.
It is the best of deeds and it multiplies into many good deeds.
It is a protection against Satan.
It is a safety from the darkness and the punishment of the graves and from the Day of Resurrection.
The eight doors of Paradise will be accessible to its pronouncer.
People who pronounce it will certain come out of the Fire of Hell, even after they have been cast into it for falling short of observing its obligations
The conditions of La ilaha illallah and its meaning:
La ilaha illallah is the key to Paradise, but every key should have teeth by which it opens or it would not be useful.
The conditions of La ilaha illallah are the teeth of this key, and they are: -
Al-`Ilm (Knowledge of the meaning of the shahadah, its negation and affirmation)
Al-Yaqeen (Certainty – perfect knowledge of it that counter-acts suspicion and doubt)
Al-Ikhlaas (Sincerity which negates shirk)
Al-Sidq (Truthfulness that permits neither falsehood nor hypocrisy)
Al-Mahabbah (Love of the shahadah and its meaning, and being happy with it)
Al-Inqiad (Submission to its rightful requirements, which are the duties that must be performed with sincerity to Allah (alone) seeking His pleasure)
Al-Qubool (Acceptance that contradicts rejection).
TIPS FOR THE TEST
By heart the Conditions of La Ilaaha Ill Allah
By heart them in English and Arabic
Remember the Merits of Kalima
The place of Kalimah in our lives.
ATTENDANCE/ASSIGNMENT
The marks for Attendance/Assignment will be given based on the below activities:
Talk to 5 people (family/friends) and discuss the real meaning of La Ilaaha Ill Allah (None Has the right to be Worshipped but Allah) - 8 Marks
Pray for the Ummah - 2 Marks.
DISCUSSING WITH FRIENDS/FAMILY
Please take this assignment as a motivation to start talking about Islam and make it part of your regular day (even if you do not know too much, spread the little that you know, as the Prophet ﷺ said “Convey from me, even if it is one verse”), most of us are too shy to talk about Islam but are ok to talk about anything under the sky.
You have the full week to do so.
There will be a question asked in the Test paper about the Assignment, you will have to mention what you did to get the marks accordingly.
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