Is pronouncing the first testimony sufficient for entering Islam?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man wants to embrace Islam. Is it obligatory for him to recite the two testimonies together, or is it valid for him to say the testimony that there is no god but Allah on one day and the other on another day?
Answer:
The testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah is included in the testimony that there is no god but Allah. If he testifies that there is no god but Allah, that is sufficient. But if he brings the testimony that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, that is more complete and perfect.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man wants to embrace Islam. Is it obligatory for him to recite the two testimonies together, or is it valid for him to say the testimony that there is no god but Allah on one day and the other on another day?
Answer:
The testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah is included in the testimony that there is no god but Allah. If he testifies that there is no god but Allah, that is sufficient. But if he brings the testimony that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, that is more complete and perfect.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1120- هل يكفي نطق الشهادة الأولى للدخول في الإسلام؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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