DAY 2 -The 1st Pillar of Islam- "THE SHAHADAH"

DAY 2 -The 1st Pillar of Islam- "THE SHAHADAH"

by A Muslim: By Practice and Not Just By Name on Sunday, 06 February 2011 at 00:53

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Asalamu Alaykum Wa RahmatuLLAAHi Wa Barakatuh

The Shahadah

The recitation of the Shahada (based on the Kalimah) is the Islamic declaration of faith, also known as the Kalema-tut-shahadat.

أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله

"Ash-hadu an La ilaha il Allaah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammad-ar-Rasool-Allaah".

(I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger).

The Shahadah is the first pillar of Islam. Shahadah is the declaration that there is no god but Allaah and Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, is the Messenger of Allaah.

Tawheed:

The first part of the Shahadah, that there is no god but Allaah attests the Oneness of Allaah. There are numerous verses in the Qur'an about Tawheed or the Oneness of Allaah.

In the first surah of the Qur'an it says:

"You alone do we worship, and You alone do we ask for help." [Al-Fatiha 5]

Similarly, the Qur'an also states:

"Worship Allaah and join no partner with Him." [An-Nisaa 4:36]

The most summarizing expression is in Surah Ikhlas:

"Say, He is Allaah, the One. The eternally besought by all. He begetteth not, nor was He begotten. And there is no one comparable to Him." [Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4]

Associating partners with Allaah is called Shirk. Shirk is not only the worship of

idols, but also offering prayers or supplications to anyone, living or dead, believing that they hold the same attribute as Him. The Qur'an considers Shirk as an unpardonable sin. It says:

"Allaah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgives anything else to whom He pleases; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin most evil indeed." [An-Nisaa 4:48]

"What! Shall I seek for you as god other than Allaah, while He has given you superiority over all creations." [Al-An'am 7:14]

The Holy Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, is reported to have said:

"Shirk is the greatest of all sins."

Prophethood:

The next basic requirement is to believe in all the Prophets of Allaah. The Qur'an says:

"He who obeys the messengers obeys Allaah." [An-Nisaa 4:80]

Allaah sent prophets in different periods of time to communicate His guidance with human beings. They were raised from the nation in which they were sent to preach for. They preached in the languages of there nations as the Qur'an says:

"And We never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk that he might make (the message) clear for them." [Ibrahim 14:4]

"And there not a nation but a warner has passed among them." [Fatir 35:24]

"And for every people there is (sent) a guide." [Ar-Ra'd 13:7]

Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, is the last Prophet. No prophet shall come after him. He was sent for all mankind as he said:

“Former prophets were sent to their people alone, whereas I have been sent as the Prophet to all mankind”.

(Mishkat, p.513)

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