2nd Condition – Certainty
Posted by islamicbasics on August 1, 2007
2. Certainty (Al-yaqeen) – in opposition to doubt
The testimony has to be made without any suspicion or doubt regarding its meaning. The Muslim must have certain belief that Islaam is the truth and that none deserves to be worshiped except Allaah.
Allaah, the Exalted, says:
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْتَابُوا
“Only those are the believers who have believed in Allâh and His Messenger, and afterward doubt not ”. (Qur’an, soorat al-Hujuraat, 49:15).
The Prophet (salallaahu ‘alayhi was salaam) said:
“I bear witness that there is no true God worthy of being worshipped except Allaah,
and I am His Messenger. The slave of Allaah who would meet Him without harboring
any doubt about his (testimony) would enter al-Jannah (Paradise).” [Collected by
Muslim].
The next condition we will cover is Sincerity, inshaAllaah.
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1. Knowledge
