How is the sick person or the one who is dying taught the testimony?
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Question : He is taught to say, "There is no god but Allah," but how is the teaching done? Does he command him to say, "There is no god but Allah"?
Answer : Or does he say, "There is no god but Allah," in his presence in a voice he can hear? The answer is the second option, because if he commands him while his breath is short in that state, he might dislike it or say no.
Are you with me? Or something like that. So, if Allah is mentioned in his presence in a voice he can hear, he becomes alert, and this becomes the teaching. If it is asked, what is the answer to the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to his uncle Abu Talib while he was dying, "O...Sahih al-Bukhari 4772 We say the answer is simple: Abu Talib was a disbeliever.
And the worst of what we fear is that Abu Talib would say no. And if he said no, the command would not increase anything for him, because he was a disbeliever. If he spoke it, it was a deed, and if he did not speak it, he was not one who spoke it. For this reason, the last thing he said, may Allah protect us from that, was that he was upon the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib, because of two men who were with him. They asked him, "Do you desire to turn away from the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib?"
Now, if he said, "There is no god but Allah," and the dying person said, "There is no god but Allah," does he repeat it? No, he does not repeat it. This is his last word; he does not repeat it. But if the dying person speaks something, any words, then he repeats it, even if he says, "O my Lord," for example, or "I complain to Allah," or something like that, then let him repeat it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3116Sahih (Al-Albani)
Answer : Or does he say, "There is no god but Allah," in his presence in a voice he can hear? The answer is the second option, because if he commands him while his breath is short in that state, he might dislike it or say no.
Are you with me? Or something like that. So, if Allah is mentioned in his presence in a voice he can hear, he becomes alert, and this becomes the teaching. If it is asked, what is the answer to the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to his uncle Abu Talib while he was dying, "O...
O uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, a sentence with which I will defend you before Allah.
عم قل لا إله إلا الله كلمة محاجة لك في عند اللهAnd the worst of what we fear is that Abu Talib would say no. And if he said no, the command would not increase anything for him, because he was a disbeliever. If he spoke it, it was a deed, and if he did not speak it, he was not one who spoke it. For this reason, the last thing he said, may Allah protect us from that, was that he was upon the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib, because of two men who were with him. They asked him, "Do you desire to turn away from the religion of 'Abd al-Muttalib?"
Now, if he said, "There is no god but Allah," and the dying person said, "There is no god but Allah," does he repeat it? No, he does not repeat it. This is his last word; he does not repeat it. But if the dying person speaks something, any words, then he repeats it, even if he says, "O my Lord," for example, or "I complain to Allah," or something like that, then let him repeat it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If anyone's last words are "There is no god but Allah"
من كان آخر كلامه لا إله إلا الله
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1746 - كيف يُلقّن المريض أو المُحتضر؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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