The Meaning And Pillars Of La Ilaha ill Allah

Question 1

Because of this great word La illaha ill Allah… [blank]…(4 things)

Answer 1

1. A person enters the deen of Islam
2. The world was created
3. The messengers were sent to mankind conveying Allah’s (subhaana was ta’laa) message
4. The book was sent down to the Messenger (sallallaahu azathioprine wasallam)

Question 2

How many years did the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) remain in the beginning of his dawah in Makkah?

Answer 2

13 years

Calling the people to this great statement which is La illaha ill Allah

Question 3

What is the meaning of La illaha ill Allah in Arabic?

Answer 3

Laa ma’booda bi haqqin ill Allaah.

Question 4

What is negation in Arabic?

Answer 4

Taraka ibaadatu maa siwa Allaah.

Question 5

What is affirmation in Arabic?

Answer 5

Ibaadatu Allaah waahidah

Question 6

What is the highest branch of eeman and the proof for it?

Answer 6

The declaration that’s there’s is no deity worthy of worship (in truth)except Allah

the hadeeth of Abee Hurayrah (radiAllahu anhu) where the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is none (no deity)worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is the branch of faith (Muslim, no. 56).

Question 7

What is the meaning of La illaha ill Allah?

Answer 7

There is no deity worthy of worship in truth except Allah

Question 8

What is the humblest branch of eeman and the proof for it?

Answer 8

The removal of that which is injurious from the path

the hadeeth of Abee Hurayrah (radiAllahu anhu) where the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is none (no deity) worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is the branch of faith (Muslim, no. 56).

Question 9

What three things are sacred once a person embraces Islam?

Answer 9

Their blood, honor and wealth becomes forbidden

Question 10

What are the two fundamental pillars of La illaha ill Allah?

Answer 10

1. The negation (La ilaaha) of worship to other than Allaah (subhaana wa ta’laa)
2. The affirmation (ill Allaah) of all worship to Allaah (subhaana wa ta’laa)

Question 11

[blank] precedes actions and deeds.

Answer 11

Knowledge

Question 12

Which hadeeth is the proof for the statement:

When a person says this word he embraces Islaam and his blood, honour, and wealth becomes forbidden?

Answer 12

The hadeeth by Abee Hurayrah (radiAllahu anhu) were Allah ‘s Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said, “I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, ‘None (no deity) has the right to be worshipped (in truth) but Allah,’ and whoever says, ‘None (no deity) has the right to be worshipped (in truth) but Allah,’ his life and property will be saved by me except for Islamic law, and his accounts will be with Allah, (either to punish him or to forgive him.)” (Bukhari, no. 2754).

Question 13

Which hadeeth is a proof for the ramifications of the great word of La ilaaha ill Allaah (there is none (no deity)worthy of worship in truth except Allah)?

Answer 13

It is narrated on the authority of Usama bin Zaid: The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) sent us to Huraqat, a tribe of Juhaina. We attacked that tribe early in the morning and defeated them and I and a man from the Ansar caught hold of a person (of the defeated tribe). When we overcame him, he said: there is none (no deity) worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah. At that moment the Ansari spared him, but I attacked him with my spear and killed him. The news had already reached the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), so when we came back he (the Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said to me: Usama, did you kill him after he had made the profession: there is none (no deity) worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah? I said. Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), he did it only as a shelter. The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) observed: Did you kill him after he had made the profession that there is none (no deity) worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah? He (the Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) went on repeating this to me till I wished I had not embraced Islam before that day (Muslim, no. 177).

Question 14

What is the hadeeth regarding faith?

Answer 14

the hadeeth of Abee Hurayrah (radiAllahu anhu) where the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is none (no deity) worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is the branch of faith (Muslim, no. 56).

Question 15

Why is Allah (swt) the one worshiped in truth and deserves to be solely worshipped?

Answer 15

Because he is the sole creator (Khaliq), and the sole provider (Raziq).

Question 16

Which hadeeth is a proof for the greatness of the statement of La ilaaha ill Allaah?

Answer 16

the hadeeth of Amr ibn Aas, which is called the hadeeth of the card, and in this narration of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam), it is mentioned that the slave is brought on the day of judgement, and the slave has 99 tablets that are filled with his numerous sins, and the slave believes that he is destroyed, and it is said to him that you have with us a great and good deed, and it is said to him to bring his scales, and his scales are brought and it is brought out another card and in this card, the statement that there is none(no deity) worthy of worship except Allaah is present, and the slave says what can this card do in regards to these 99 cards that are filled with sins, and it is placed in the scale, and the statement that La ilaaha ill Allaah outweighs the 99 tablets that are filled with sins of this slave. And it is mentioned that nothing can outweigh the name of Allaah (subhaana wa ta’laa).