The Conditions for Benefiting from the Words La ilaha illa Allah
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Question:
The Shaykh will come to consider, in his view, a hadith that states that one who enters it before his death is a believer, or that his father said La ilaha illa Allah.
Answer:
This qualification is necessary. As for one who says it but abandons the deeds and does nothing, La ilaha illa Allah does not avert the punishment from him. However, he is to be considered as having said it sincerely, believing in it, and dying upon that, or that the sins recorded against him were less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), and Allah the Exalted reveals what is less than shirk for whom He wills.
The Shaykh will come to consider, in his view, a hadith that states that one who enters it before his death is a believer, or that his father said La ilaha illa Allah.
Answer:
This qualification is necessary. As for one who says it but abandons the deeds and does nothing, La ilaha illa Allah does not avert the punishment from him. However, he is to be considered as having said it sincerely, believing in it, and dying upon that, or that the sins recorded against him were less than shirk (associating partners with Allah), and Allah the Exalted reveals what is less than shirk for whom He wills.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، تتمة باب فضل التوحيد وما يكفر من الذنوب — islamhouse.com (23:20)
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