It's actually quite simple, it is La Ilaha Ila Allah, Muhammad Rasool Allaah. We fully embrace this declaration, and carry it's pillars in our hearts and actions. One might say, "well all muslims embrace La Ilaha Ila Allah, Muhammad Rasool Allaah", but the question is; what exactly does it mean? And how does on adhere upon it.
Abdullah ibn Amr bin al-Aas (RA) narrated that the Prophet (SAWS) said, "When death visited Allah's prophet Nuh, he said to his son, 'I shall narrate to you the will. I command you with two things and I forbid you from two things. I command you with La Ilaaha illa Allah. Surely, if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed placed on a pan of the scale, and La ilaaha illa Allah was placed on the other pan of the scale, they would give in to Laa Illaaha illa Allah. And if the seven heavens and the seven earths were a dark ring, they would be cut by Laa Ilaaha illa Allah and Subhan'Allah wa bi Hamdihi. It is the prayer of every thing and by it everything has its provision. And I forbid you from shirk and from pride.'"
[al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad # 548, al-Bayhaqi in al-Asmaa, al-Albaani in as-Sahihah #134, and others]
Amma Ba'ad (To procced):
La Ilaha Ila Allah, can be divided into two parts:
- Al-Kufr bil Taghoout (La Ilaha Ila Allah)
- Al-Imaan Fi Allaah (La Ilaha Ila Allah)
There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities (taghoout) and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
'And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allâh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taghoout (all false deities, etc. i.e. do not worship Taghoout besides Allâh)." Then of them were some whom Allâh guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth).'.
We will discuss the first pillar:
Al-Kufr bil Taghoout- Rejecting the false dieties (La Ilaha Ila Allah)
Al-Kufr Bil Taghoout means to reject the false dieties,
The False diety is known as a Taghoout, which Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab (RH) says in his article entitled "The Meaning of Taghoout" that the taghoout is:
" 1) The Devil,
“Did I not command you O children of Aadam, that you should not worship the Devil. Verily, he is a plain enemy to you.” [Surah YaaSeen: 60]
أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا بَنِي آدَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّيْطَانَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ
2) Someone who changes the laws of Allah (SWT)
“Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who claim to believe in that which has been revealed to you, and that which was revealed before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taaghoot, when they have been ordered to reject them? But the Devil wishes to lead them far astray.” [Surah An-Nisaa: 60]
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُواْ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُواْ إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُواْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا
3) One who does not rule by the ruling of Allah (SWT), or changes the rulings of Allah (SWT)
“And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, then they are the disbelievers.” [5: 44]
إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُواْ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَالرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالأَحْبَارُ بِمَا اسْتُحْفِظُواْ مِن كِتَابِ اللّهِ وَكَانُواْ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَاء فَلاَ تَخْشَوُاْ النَّاسَ وَاخْشَوْنِ وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ
“Have you not seen those (hypocrites) who claim to believe in that which has been revealed to you, and that which was revealed before you, and they wish to go for judgement (in their disputes) to the Taaghoot, when they have been ordered to reject them? But the Devil wishes to lead them far astray.” [Surah An-Nisaa: 60]
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُواْ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُواْ إِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُواْ أَن يَكْفُرُواْ بِهِ وَيُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا
4) Someone who claims he can see the Ghaib (unseen)
“He alone is the All-Knower of the Unseen, and He does not disclose His Unseen matters to anyone.” [Surah Al-Jinn: 26-27]
وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
وَلَوْ تَرَىَ إِذْ وُقِفُواْ عَلَى النَّارِ فَقَالُواْ يَا لَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلاَ نُكَذِّبَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّنَا وَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
“And with Him lie the keys to the Unseen, no one knows them but He. And He knows whatever there is in the land and in the sea; not a leaf falls except that He knows about it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry, but that it is written in a Clear Record.” [Surah Al-Ana’aam: 59]
وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلاَّ هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ
5) Anyone or anything which can be worshipped other then Allah (swt) and is pleased with it.
“And whoever amongst them says: ‘Verily, I am a God besides Him (Allah)’, then this person’s recompense will be the Hellfire. That is the way we recompense the wrongdoers.” [Surah Al-Anbiyaa: 29]
وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلاَّ هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلاَّ يَعْلَمُهَا وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ"
Important Note: One must remember that the legislation is only for Allah (swt), and not for any man, Our only legislator is Allah (swt), therefore how can we vote for a President or Minister who will take the position (of legislator) ? That would be Shirk.
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "The decision [ hukm ] is only for Allah" (Surat al-An'aam: 57),
"They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allah)",
'Adiyy bin Haatim (RA), who was a Christian but came to Islam, he heard the Prophet (SAW) recite this ayah, so 'Adiyy (RA) said: 'We did not worship them besides Allah'. The Prophet (SAW) replied: 'Did they not make forbidden what Allah had made permissible, and made permissible what Allah had made forbidden?' 'Adiyy (RA) replied: 'Ofcourse'. So he (SAW) said: 'So that wasyour worshipping of them'. (Found in Imam Ahmad's Musnad and the Jaami' of at-Tirmithi, and he declared it hasan.)
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