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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on saying "La ilaha illa Allah" for a dying disbeliever

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The questioner : Does the dying person limit himself to the phrase? The preferred view is that he connects it to the attributes of "La ilaha illa Allah" or says two phrases.

The Shaykh : What is considered valid is that he says the two testimonies, or that he is snatched away [dies] while saying the two testimonies: "La ilaha illa Allah." That is, if he is a disbeliever, and he was a disbeliever, "La ilaha illa Allah" is sufficient. Whoever's last words in this world are "La ilaha illa Allah" enters Paradise. And if he is a disbeliever, it is necessary.
No, even for a disbeliever it is sufficient as long as he does not claim a messenger for himself. But if he believes that he has a messenger, then this is not sufficient unless he has in his heart that he testifies that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. This is what led some scholars to distinguish between the Jew and the Christian and the polytheist. They said: because the polytheist does not claim a messenger, while the Jew and the Christian say "La ilaha illa Allah" but claim a messenger. And the correct view is that whoever says "La ilaha illa Allah," whether he is a Jew, a Christian, or a polytheist, it is accepted from him as long as his death has not arrived.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1258 - 4600 هل يكفي المحتضر أن يقول أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أم لابد يقول وأشهد أن ...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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