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The Meaning of Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh

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The meaning of the second part of the testimony of faith, or Shahadah is:

لَا مَتْبُوعَ بِحَقٍّ إِلَّا رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

“There is none worthy of being followed in truth except the Messenger of Allah”

If someone does follow other than the Messenger of Allah in something which has no evidence to support it; then he has followed falsehood.

Allah the Exalted said:

اتَّبِعوا ما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكُم مِن رَبِّكُم وَلا تَتَّبِعوا مِن دونِهِ أَولِياءَ ۗ قَليلًا ما تَذَكَّرونَ

{Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord, and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember}

[al-A’raf (7): 3]

He, the Exalted said:

فَلا وَرَبِّكَ لا يُؤمِنونَ حَتّىٰ يُحَكِّموكَ فيما شَجَرَ بَينَهُم ثُمَّ لا يَجِدوا في أَنفُسِهِم حَرَجًا مِمّا قَضَيتَ وَيُسَلِّموا تَسليمًا

{But no by your Lord, they will not truly believe until they make you [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and they submit in [full] submission}

[al-Nisa’ (4): 65]

And He, the Exalted said:

وَما كانَ لِمُؤمِنٍ وَلا مُؤمِنَةٍ إِذا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسولُهُ أَمرًا أَن يَكونَ لَهُمُ الخِيَرَةُ مِن أَمرِهِم ۗ وَمَن يَعصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسولَهُ فَقَد ضَلَّ ضَلالًا مُبينًا

{It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice over the matter. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error}

[al-Ahzab (33): 36]

Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Wasabi al-‘Abdali, al-Qawl al-Mufid fi Adillat al-Tawhid, (San’a: Maktabat al-Irshad, 1427/2006), 35.

The Meaning of Lā Ilāha Illa Allāh

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In Arabic, the meaning of the first part of the Shahadah is:

لَا مَعْبُودَ بِحَقٍّ إِلَّا الله

There is none worthy of worship in truth except Allah.

 If anything other than Allah is worshipped then it is false:

Allah the Exalted said:

ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ هُوَ الْبَـاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْكَبِيرُ

{That is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Great}

[al-Hajj (22): 62]

And He the Exalted said:

فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلأاللَّهُ

{Know! there is none worthy of worship except Allah…}

[Muhammad (47): 19]

Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Wasabi al-‘Abdali, al-Qawl al-Mufid fi Adillat al-Tawhid, (San’a: Maktabat al-Irshad, 1427/2006), 27.

Definition of ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth

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ʿUlūm al-Ḥadīth, as it was more commonly referred to in classical works, or Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadīth as it is more commonly known today, is defined as:

“…the knowledge of the principles and maxims by which the conditions of chains of narrations and texts are known, in terms of acceptability and rejection.”

See: Maḥmūd al-Ṭaḥḥān’s Taysīr Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadīth, (Alexandria: Markaz al-Maʿhad li al-Dirāsāt, 1415H), p. 15.

Bedtime

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The Last Three Verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah

ʿAlī, peace be upon him, said,

“I cannot imagine anyone of sound mind going to sleep before reciting the last three verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah; they are truly a treasure from beneath the Throne.”

Reported by Ibn al-Ḍurays in Faḍāʾil al-Qurʾān (176) with a sound chain.

For the takhrīj of this report, click on this post: Reciting the Last Three Verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah at Bedtime

Sūrah al-Kāfirūn

It is recommended for one to recite Sūrah al-Kāfirūn before going to sleep. The proof is:

On the authority of Farwah b. Nawfal, [who narrated] from his father: that the Prophet, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, said to Nawfal:

“Read {Say: O you disbelievers!}, then go to sleep at the end of it, for indeed it is a complete disavowal of polytheism.”

Reported by the Five except for Ibn Mājah, and the wording is that of Abū Dāwūd.

Source: Abū Dāwūd (5055), al-Tirmidhī (3403), al-Nasāʾī in al-Kubrá (10569) and (11645), Aḥmad (23807) and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb (605) by al-Albānī.

Marketplace

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Upon entering the marketplace, it is recommended for one to read the following supplication [in green]:

On the authority of ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb [who narrated] that the Messenger of Allāh, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, said:

“Whoever enters the marketplace and says, ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allāh alone without any partners, to Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise, He gives life and causes death, He is the All-Living and does not die, in His Hand is all goodness, and He has power over all things’, Allāh will write a million good deeds for him, and wipe a million evil deeds away from him, and raise a million ranks for him.”

Reported by al-Tirmidhī.

Ḥasan: al-Tirmidhī (3428) and in the Dār al-Taʾṣīl edition (3746). Ibn Mājah (2235). Aḥmad (327). See: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb wa al-Tarhīb (1694) of al-Albānī.

Character

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The Prophet ﷺ used to ask Allāh for beautiful character and manners despite him being the best role model for mankind.

Muḥāḍir Abū al-Muwarriʿ narrated us: ʿĀṣim narrated to us: from ʿAwsajah b. al-Rammāḥ: from ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī al-Hudhayl:

On the authority of Ibn Masʿūd [who narrated] that the Messenger of Allāh, may the praise and protection of Allāh be upon him, used to say:

“O Allāh, You have beautified my body, and so beautify my character as well.”

Reported by Aḥmad.

Ḥasan: Aḥmad (3823), (24392) and (25221). al-Bukhārī in al-Adab al-Mufrad (290). Ibn Ḥibbān (959). al-Ṭayālisī (374). Abū Yaʿlá (5181). Bulūgh al-Marām (1327) as in Hādī’s edition. See Irwāʾ al-Ghalīl (74) of al-Albānī.