The Testimony of La ilaha illa Allah and How It Benefits Its Owner in This World and the Hereafter?
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The questioner: Knowledge and upbringing... and da'wah...
The Shaykh: ...and you know much more than they do; so are they equal, for example?
The questioner: He is in this... he is in this, he understands what you say so he can convey it, meaning he understands what you are saying now or what is said about Islam, the meaning of La ilaha illa Allah, what does it mean? That it...
The Shaykh: I am telling him regarding his arguing with us, Professor.
The questioner : Only?
The Shaykh: Subhan Allah! I am speaking regarding his arguing with us with heat and passion, I am explaining to him that he is saying words that are not clear to him, I am not saying to him: You have no right for me to speak with you!! I am saying now that the testimony of La ilaha illa Allah is, in fact, meaning two effects, if the expression is correct, an effect that saves its owner with Allah, and that is the one who understands it as Allah and His Messenger intended, meaning he includes in it tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat, and does not contradict it with any of the types of shirk or idolatry, so whoever says it understanding it and practicing it in this way is the one who is saved with Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
The questioner: A Muslim believer.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: A Muslim believer.
The Shaykh: A Muslim believer, and whoever says it without knowing anything of its reality at all has been saved from having his neck cut off, so if he wants to be saved from the punishment of his Lord, he must understand the reality of this testimony so that it benefits him with Allah, as for... this is not a matter of disagreement at all.
The questioner: Excellent... the one who understands La ilaha illa Allah now.
The Shaykh: I told you...
The questioner: To convey it.
The Shaykh: Was it?
The Shaykh: ...and you know much more than they do; so are they equal, for example?
The questioner: He is in this... he is in this, he understands what you say so he can convey it, meaning he understands what you are saying now or what is said about Islam, the meaning of La ilaha illa Allah, what does it mean? That it...
The Shaykh: I am telling him regarding his arguing with us, Professor.
The questioner : Only?
The Shaykh: Subhan Allah! I am speaking regarding his arguing with us with heat and passion, I am explaining to him that he is saying words that are not clear to him, I am not saying to him: You have no right for me to speak with you!! I am saying now that the testimony of La ilaha illa Allah is, in fact, meaning two effects, if the expression is correct, an effect that saves its owner with Allah, and that is the one who understands it as Allah and His Messenger intended, meaning he includes in it tawhid al-rububiyyah, tawhid al-uluhiyyah, tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat, and does not contradict it with any of the types of shirk or idolatry, so whoever says it understanding it and practicing it in this way is the one who is saved with Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
The questioner: A Muslim believer.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: A Muslim believer.
The Shaykh: A Muslim believer, and whoever says it without knowing anything of its reality at all has been saved from having his neck cut off, so if he wants to be saved from the punishment of his Lord, he must understand the reality of this testimony so that it benefits him with Allah, as for... this is not a matter of disagreement at all.
The questioner: Excellent... the one who understands La ilaha illa Allah now.
The Shaykh: I told you...
The questioner: To convey it.
The Shaykh: Was it?
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