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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Commentary on Prayer Tashahhud and Salam Tashahhud أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاّ الله وَ أَشَهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُه، أَللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّد. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.O Allah! Send blessings on Muhammad and his progeny. Among the obligatory parts of prayer is tashahhud which is recited in the second and last rak‘ah s of prayer.

In the tashahhud we testify and bear witness to the Oneness of Allah and the apostleship { risalah } of His Prophet, Hadrat Muhammad (S). Although we have testified again and again to these two facts in the adhan and iqamah , those testimonies were at the time of the approach of the prayer and this testimony is at the end of the prayer. There is wisdom behind all these repetitions. It is because man is easily subjected to negligence and forgetfulness, easily forgetting the Owner of the blessings.

These sentences are like a rope that protects the ship of humanity from the waves of events. The slogan of tawhid “ La ilaha illallah ” is the first slogan of all the prophets ( ‘a ).

“ La ilaha illallah ” is the testimony that all those who possess knowledge along with the angels do acknowledge: ﴿ شهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا هُوَ وَ الْمَلاَئكَةُ وَ أُولُوا الْعِلْمِ ﴾ “Allah bears witness that there is no god but Him—and {so do} the angels and those who possess knowledge.” [^1] “ La ilaha illallah ” is the sentence that every Muslim hears at birth, with which he will be buried and which will be recited at his grave { talqin }.

“ La ilaha illallah ” is the most beloved of sentences to God and the heaviest of deeds on the Scale.[^2] “ La ilaha illallah ” is the formidable fortress of God in which whoever enters is safe from His wrath: “ La ilaha illa’llah is My fortress; so, whoever enters My fortress is safe from My wrath.”[^3] “ La ilaha illallah ” is the demarcation between kufr and Islam. Any unbeliever { kafir } who recites it enters the fold of Islam.

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