The disbeliever who only pronounces the testimony of faith: does it benefit him if he dies?
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The questioner : Shaykh, three months ago I met the disbelievers
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I met the disbelievers
The Shaykh : Who said that?
The questioner : I, I
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I asked them: Are you Muslims? They said: No, what is Islam? I said: Islam is that you say, "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." He said: He said this phrase.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : He said this phrase, meaning he said, "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," meaning the testimony that there is no god but Allah. Then I told them, meaning, go to the mosque, we will pray and teach you the prayer. He said: No, you come, meaning this man, who has four with him, wants us to come to him.
The Shaykh : Yes, that you come to him.
The questioner : To him, he is in...
The Shaykh : His church?
The questioner : We go to him at his workplace, we teach him Islam, and he pronounced it in front of us. I did not return to him and speak to him, but I spoke to him from the mosque. They said: They do not allow us to speak to them. In any case, if these people die in this state, will it benefit them with Allah?
The Shaykh : It may benefit them if they did not know about anything else.
The questioner : This is the apparent case, Shaykh, that they did not know.
The Shaykh : Okay, yes.
The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih:
Chapters on the sutrah of the one praying
Chapter: The imam's sutrah is the sutrah of those behind him
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I met the disbelievers
The Shaykh : Who said that?
The questioner : I, I
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I asked them: Are you Muslims? They said: No, what is Islam? I said: Islam is that you say, "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." He said: He said this phrase.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : He said this phrase, meaning he said, "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," meaning the testimony that there is no god but Allah. Then I told them, meaning, go to the mosque, we will pray and teach you the prayer. He said: No, you come, meaning this man, who has four with him, wants us to come to him.
The Shaykh : Yes, that you come to him.
The questioner : To him, he is in...
The Shaykh : His church?
The questioner : We go to him at his workplace, we teach him Islam, and he pronounced it in front of us. I did not return to him and speak to him, but I spoke to him from the mosque. They said: They do not allow us to speak to them. In any case, if these people die in this state, will it benefit them with Allah?
The Shaykh : It may benefit them if they did not know about anything else.
The questioner : This is the apparent case, Shaykh, that they did not know.
The Shaykh : Okay, yes.
The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih:
Chapters on the sutrah of the one praying
Chapter: The imam's sutrah is the sutrah of those behind him