The SHAHADA AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Assalamu Alaikum,

This post has been inspired by Sister Laila Nasheeba from Sunnahfollowers.net..

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TAKE SHAHADA?

Taking shahada doesn't JUST mean just saying "La ilaha illah muhammad abduhu rasululah", but it goes further than just this.

CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET

1. Belief in what you said "There is no god, but ALLAH and Muhammad is his prophet and messenger".
2. Have Certainty and no doubt about these words
3. Belief in 6 Articles of faith (Belief in Allah alone, his prophets, his books, his angels, Day of Judgment, and Predestination)
4. Accepting the conditions
5. Submission to your LORD

When taking Shahada, the individual must believe in these conditions. They must accept everything that ALLAHSWT has put down in His Book and to accept the Sunnah and to obey Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Righteous is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it those who are the righteous. Al-Baqara verse 177 i.e. [2:177]

Becoming a Muslim means leaving your Kaffir husband and marrying a Muslim man. This is a fundamental part of becoming a muslim. You must go along with the rules and legislation of ALLAHSWT.

This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah – who believe in the unseen, establish prayers and spend out of what We have provided them … Al-Baqarah verses 2 -3 [2:2-3]

Before taking shahada, you must know the conditions and fulfill them.

"Do not worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relative, orphans and the needy. And speak to people good words and establish prayer and give zakah." Al-Baqarah verse 83 i.e. [2:83]

Taking Shahada changes your life for the better, insha'ALLAH. Accepting the ways of ALLAHSWT will change you...for it has changed me...masha'ALLAH!!