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EXPLANATION OF THE
CONDITIONS OF THE
TESTIMONY OF FAITH
AND IT'S PROOFS
IMAM MUHAMMAD 1BN ABDUL WAHHAB
Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al-Jaami
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Table of Contents
ARABIC SYMBOLS & THEIR MEANINGS 5
Introduction 6
EXPLANATION 6
The Conditions of La Ilaha Illa-Allah 12
EXPLANATION 12
The First Condition 14
EXPLANATION 14
EXPLANATION 21
The Second Condition 28
EXPLANATION 29
EXPLANATION 35
The Third Condition 38
EXPLANATION 39
EXPLANATION 42
EXPLANATION 51
The Fourth Condition 55
EXPLANATION 55
The evidence for truthfulness is the statement of Allah . 58
EXPLANATION 58
Likewise the statement of Allah 60
EXPLANATION 61
And from the Sunnalt there is that which is affirmed within the two
Sahths on the authority of Mu'adh ibn Jabal......................................... 63
EXPLANATION 64
The Fifth Condition 65
EXPLANATION 65
The evidence for love is the statement of Allah 70
EXPLANATION 71
From the Sunnah there is that which is affirmed in the Snhih on the
authority of Anas............................................................................. 78
EXPLANATION 79
The Sixth Condition 85
EXPLANATION 85
The evidence for al-Inqiyad is that which is indicated by the statement
of Allah 87
EXPLANATION 89
From the Sunnah there is his statement 95
EXPLANATION 96
The Seventh Condition. 99
EXPLANATION 99
The evidence for acceptance is the statement of Allah, (QZj&Zcl).... 102
EXPLANATION 103
And from the Sunnah there is that which is affirmed with the Sahih on
the authority of Abu Musa 108
EXPLANATION 109
Conclusion 114
The Arabic Text 116
ARABIC SYMBOLS & THEIR MEANINGS
<ul <1aip- May Allah preserve him
(i.e. a male companion of the
Prophet Muhammad)
Glorified & Exalted is Allah
(Allah) the Mighty & Sublime
(Allah) the Blessed & Exalted
S3& (Allah) the Sublime & Exalted
May Allah send Blessings &
Safety upon him (i.e. a
Prophet or Messenger)
May Allah send Blessings &
Safety upon him and his
family (i.e. Du'a send
mentioned the Prophet
Muhammad)
May Allah have mercy upon
him
May Allah be pleased with
them (i.e. Du'a made for the
Companions of the Prophet
Muhammad)
(Allah) His Majesty is Exalted
May Allah be pleased with
her (i.e. a female companion
of the Prophet Muhammad)
Explanation Of The Conditions Of The Testimony Of Faith & Its Proofs
Introduction
The author, ($&£), said:
The Conditions of La Ilaha Illa~Allah (None has the
right to be worshiped except Allah)
EXPLANATION
All the praise is for Allah, the Lord of all that exists. May
prayers and peace be upon the most noble of the prophets
and messengers; our prophet Muhammad, his family and
companions, altogether.
As to proceed:
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The author, said: "Chapter: The Conditions of La Ilaha
Ilia-Allah/' and they are seven conditions: 'llm
(Knowledge), Yaqln (certainty), Ikhlds (sincerity), Sidq
(truthfulness), Mahabbah (love), Qabul (acceptance), and
Inqiydd (submission/compliance). These conditions are the
result of extraction; the people of knowledge have extracted
and derived them from the Book and the Sunnah. Therefore,
they are conditions which have evidences from the texts of
the Book and the Sunnah. They are evidences which
everyone reads. However, Allah makes to understand and
grants comprehension of the religion to whom He wills
from His slaves in a manner which others may not
comprehend. One may bring an affair which some deem to
be new but in reality it is not new. However, it is only new
to the one who did not know it or have comprehension of
the religion of Allah. Therefore, the newness is relative;
relative to the one who does not know about this new affair.
The meaning of revival is: When the people turn away from
al-Isldm and that with which the Prophet came,
a reviver comes to clarify to the people the reality of the
Islamic religion. Revival is not that a person comes with
something new that is not part of Islam; for the religion is
firmly fixed. However, perhaps some of its followers are
afflicted with ignorance, turning away, or distance (from
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knowledge). So the people are in need of being called to the
religion anew.
As for the new things which are spread today, and that each
person who has a notion brings a new ideology, convincing
his followers that this is the Islamic Da'zvah, whether it
corresponds with the religion or not; and calling himself the
leader of such and such, or head of so and so group, this is
blameworthy revival. This is because it is turning away
from the religion. So everyone who comes with something
new [if we accept this term "new" being applied to the
conditions of La Ilaha Illd-Allah then it must that he bring
evidence for it. From that which we praise Allah for is that
our Tazvhtd and our creed are not from the opinions of men.
It is extracted from the Book of Allah and the
authentic Sunnah. Even as it relates to the Summit, we
stipulate that it must be authentic. We do not stipulate
regarding the Summit, in the field of 'Aqidah or other than it
anything other than that it must be authentic. Therefore,
even the Ahdd narrations are accepted; there has not been
found within the speech of the Salaf that the Ahdd
narrations are not used as evidence in the field of 'Aqidalr,
this is false speech. The scholars of legislative terminology
have only categorized the Hndith into: Ahdd or Mutaiudtir to
clarify the strength (of the chain). This is because the
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Mutawdtir narration is stronger than the Ahdd narration.
They likewise classified the Ahddith into Sahih (sound),
Hasan (good), and (Da'if) weak, in order to clarify the
strength (of the narration). Otherwise, the Hasan Hadith is
authentic and can be used as evidence. It is likewise known
by everyone that there is no difference between the Hasan
Hadith and the Sahih Hadith (in terms of acceptance).
The student of knowledge may find within some of the
books of principles of Fiqh and its terminology that the Ahdd
narration is not used as evidence in the field of 'Aqidah, but
this is not correct. Imam ash-Shaafi'I affirmed within his
treatise entitled al-Umm that the Ahdd narration can be used
as evidence unrestrictedly just as the Mutawdtir narration in
the field of 'Aqidah. There was none more knowledgeable
regarding the principles of Fiqh than him. So much so that
he was known as Abu 'Usui (the father of principles).
However, Allah protected him and kept him safe from
being affected by theological rhetoric ar-Rubiibiyah with
which its proponents wage war against the Sunnah of the
Messenger of Allah
This is iii opposition to that which the people of theological
rhetoric stipulate; those who stipulate at-Tawdtur and reject
the Ahdd narrations in the field of creed. This is the
beginning of the deception of the people of theological
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