Mentioning the evidence for the virtue of the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah).
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The Shaykh : For example, the hadith of Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) — this is the meaning of it — that he was riding behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): . He said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:1497. Mu'adh said: O Messenger of Allah, should I not give the people good news?! He said: Should I not give the people good news that whoever dies while testifying that there is no god but Allah, Allah has forbidden his body to the Fire?! Should I not give them good news of the virtue of this testimony and this good word? He said: No (peace and blessings be upon him). Why? Because when people know that this is the virtue of this word, that Allah forbids the torment of the one who says it and believes in it, forbidding his body to the Fire; then people will rely on this word and not act upon its requirements.
This is part of the virtue of this word. And among that is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, in what al-Bazzar narrated in his Musnad, he (peace be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5401, ; meaning: it was the cause of his deliverance from eternal punishment on the Day of Resurrection, in the case that he was a sinner and a disobedient one. For if a Muslim testifies to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with oneness and to His Prophet with messengership, the completion of this testimony is to act upon what came in the Shari'ah; to forbid what Allah has forbidden, to permit what Allah has permitted, and to act upon what Allah has made obligatory. But a person may fall short in some of these matters and thus deserve punishment on the Day of Resurrection. However, this punishment, for the one who testifies this testimony, will end one day. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 5401; meaning: this word delivered him from eternal abode in the Fire, no matter what sins and disobediences he may have committed. But on the contrary, the one who says: There is no god but Allah, and is among the most worshipful of Allah's servants, the most righteous, and the most God-fearing, but he did not understand the meaning of "There is no god but Allah," or he understood it but did not believe in it, or he believed in it but he nullified it with what contradicts it from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and idolatry. And this is what I want to clarify and remind our brothers present of, so that they apply it first in themselves, then convey it to their families, to their wives and children, and to those who take refuge in them from their friends and neighbors.
O Mu'adh, should I not give you good news?!
يا معاذ ، ألا أبشِّرك ؟!Whoever dies while testifying that there is no god but Allah, Allah has forbidden his body to the Fire.
مَن مات وهو يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله حرَّمَ الله بدنه على النارNo; then they will rely on it.
لا ؛ إذًا يتكلواThis is part of the virtue of this word. And among that is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, in what al-Bazzar narrated in his Musnad, he (peace be upon him) said:
Narrated 'Urban bin Malik: who attended the Badr battle and was from the Ansar, that he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in the prayer (as an Imam). When it rains, the valley which is between me and my people, flows with water, and then I cannot go to their mosque to lead them in the prayer. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish that you could come and pray in my house so that I may take it as a praying place. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah willing, I will do that." The next morning, soon after the sun had risen, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came with Abu Bakr. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for the permission to enter and I admitted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) had not sat till he had entered the house and said to me, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed at a place in my house whereupon he stood and said, "Allahu Akbar." We lined behind him and he prayed two rak`at and finished it with Taslim. We then requested him to stay for a special meal of Khazira which we had prepared. A large number of men from the adjoining area gathered in the house. One of them said, "Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man said, "He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "Do not say so. Do you not think that he has said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," seeking Allah's pleasure? The man said, "Allah and His Apostle know better, but we have always seen him mixing with hypocrites and giving them advice." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden the (Hell) Fire for those who testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah's pleasure. "
مَن قال : لا إله إلا الله ؛ نفَعَتْه يومًا من دهرهIt benefited him one day of his life.
نفَعَتْه يومًا من دهرهNarrated 'Urban bin Malik: who attended the Badr battle and was from the Ansar, that he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have lost my eyesight and I lead my people in the prayer (as an Imam). When it rains, the valley which is between me and my people, flows with water, and then I cannot go to their mosque to lead them in the prayer. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish that you could come and pray in my house so that I may take it as a praying place. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah willing, I will do that." The next morning, soon after the sun had risen, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came with Abu Bakr. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked for the permission to enter and I admitted him. The Prophet (ﷺ) had not sat till he had entered the house and said to me, "Where do you like me to pray in your house?" I pointed at a place in my house whereupon he stood and said, "Allahu Akbar." We lined behind him and he prayed two rak`at and finished it with Taslim. We then requested him to stay for a special meal of Khazira which we had prepared. A large number of men from the adjoining area gathered in the house. One of them said, "Where is Malik bin Ad-Dukhshun?" Another man said, "He is a hypocrite and does not love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "Do not say so. Do you not think that he has said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," seeking Allah's pleasure? The man said, "Allah and His Apostle know better, but we have always seen him mixing with hypocrites and giving them advice." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden the (Hell) Fire for those who testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah's pleasure. "
مَن قال لا إله إلا الله نفَعَتْه يومًا من دهره
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