Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Shahadah
- Declaration of Shahadah: I declare and
witness that there is no deity but Allah.
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
- The first part is a declaration of Tawhid while the
second is a reminder that Muhammad is the perfect role
model and expression of Islamic virtues
- Sums up Muslim beliefs and all
other beliefs stem from it
- To convert to Islam, one must make this
public declaration (with two witnesses)
- The first thing a newborn baby should hear
and the last thing a Muslim should say
- Repeated during each of the ritual
prayers several times a day
- After death, when souls are tested, they
should reply with the Shahadah
- This declaration or statement of
faith is called the Kalima
- The Shahadah means "to know and believe
without suspicion, as if witnessed" and is the
name of the Islamic creed.
- The Muslim declaration of belief in the oneness of God (Tawhid)
and acceptance of Muhammad as God's prophet
- The complete Shahadah is not found in the
Quran, but in the Hadiths
- Muslims believe that the Shahadah
is without value unless it is earnest
- 1) Al-Ilm
- Knowledge of the meaning of the
Shahadah, its negation and affirmation
- 2) Al-Yaqeen
- Certainty - perfect knowledge of it that
counteracts suspicion and doubt
- 3) Al-Ikhlaas
- Sincerity which negates shirk
- 4) Al-Sidq
- Truthfulness that permits
neither falsehood nor hypocrisy
- 5) Al-Mahabbah
- Love of the Shahadah and its
meaning, and being happy with it
- 6) Al-Inqiyad
- Submission to its rightful requirements, which
are the duties that must be performed with
sincerity to God (alone) seeking His pleasure
- 7) Al-Qubool
- Acceptance that contradicts rejection
- The second part of the Shahadah
carries several conditions as welll...
- To believe in the prophet and in whatever he said
and conveyed in his message as the seat of the
prophets
- To obey him in whatever he commanded
- To stay away from or avoid whatever he
commanded Muslims not to do.
- To follow and emulate him in worship
(Ibadah), manners (ahlaq), and way of life
- To understand, practice and promote his Sunnah ("habits") in the
best way possible, without creating any chaos, enmity or harm
- The Shahadah is on the Saudi Arabian flag and is
also referenced in the Turkish national anthem.