Benefits: The Difference Between the Bedouin’s and the Non-Arab’s Understanding of the Two Testimonies
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The questioner : Brothers in faith, the continuation of the discussion will be in the next recording.
The Shaykh : This is how I understand Islam. Do not think that the Bedouin who used to come was considered to have testified to the oneness of Allah and had the capacity, as an Arab, to understand the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah," whereas the non-Arab, like us, needs to read grammar, morphology, the principles of jurisprudence, and the principles of hadith, among other things, before he can understand what the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah" is. So he understands this testimony. And he understands the following testimony, "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he grasps some of the matters for which he is obligated, such as prayer and the like.
The Shaykh : This is how I understand Islam. Do not think that the Bedouin who used to come was considered to have testified to the oneness of Allah and had the capacity, as an Arab, to understand the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah," whereas the non-Arab, like us, needs to read grammar, morphology, the principles of jurisprudence, and the principles of hadith, among other things, before he can understand what the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah" is. So he understands this testimony. And he understands the following testimony, "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he grasps some of the matters for which he is obligated, such as prayer and the like.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 119 — d3watuna.com (30:20)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.