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The Meaning of La ilaha illa Allah | Episode 3
What is the only dhikr we can do with our mouths closed? La ilaha illa Allah is the key to enter Jannah and the phrase that goes straight to the throne of Allah. Learn more about the power of this phrase and how to use it to transform our akhirah.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. I want you to do me a favor and to close your mouth and say la ilaha illallah. Close your lips and let your tongue move with la ilaha illallah. What you'll notice is that it is the only form of dhikr, as Imam bin Hazm rahimullah and other scholars have said, that you can actually do without moving your lips at all because it only involves the tongue. And that's one of the reasons why the scholars mentioned that it's called karimatul ikhlas, the statement of sincerity. You could literally be walking around, be at work, be talking to someone or looking at someone and have your mouth closed. And we all need to keep our mouths closed a little bit more and say la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah. You'll notice that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, keep your mouth moist with la ilaha illallah. Keep your tongue wet with la ilaha illallah. Don't let a moment pass by without saying la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah. And this is the most precious word that we have in this world. It's literally the purpose of our existence. And as you say it throughout your life, in every single setting, even if quietly and no one else notices, you pray that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la give you the ability to die with this word being your last word. Because if a person dies saying la ilaha illallah, then that person has been guaranteed jannah. la ilaha illallah The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, jadidu imanakum. He said to the companions, renew your faith. They said, ya Rasulullah, how do we renew our faith? He said, keep saying la ilaha illallah. Now what's the meaning of la ilaha illallah? La ilaha illallah, obviously in simple terms, we say there is no God besides Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. But the actual meaning of la ilaha illallah is that there is no deity worthy of worship or unconditional obedience except Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
It is a statement that includes both negation and affirmation. So think of tasbih and tahmid, negation and affirmation. La ilaha, there is no God except for Allah. La ilaha is negation. And you think of Surah Al-Kafirun as an elaboration of that negation. Illallah is affirmation. And you think of Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, Surah Al-Ikhlas as an elaboration of the affirmation of illallah. So la ilaha illallah, la ilaha illallah. There is no God, no deity worthy of worship or unconditional obedience, except for Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, afdalul dhikr, the best form of remembrance is la ilaha illallah. Now you might remember this narration, the best dua is alhamdulillah. The best dhikr is la ilaha illallah. And Al-Hafidh Ibn Rajab Rahimahullah, he beautifully summarizes this by saying that every ni'mah, every blessing that you get, you pay for that blessing by saying alhamdulillah. But as for Jannah, you pay for it by saying la ilaha illallah. So la ilaha illallah is the key to entering into Jannah. And alhamdulillah is how you pay for the blessings that are given to you. And of course, we would never be able to thank Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la enough. La ilaha illallah. It's how you enter Islam. La ilaha illallah. It's how you enter into Jannah. La ilaha illallah is the phrase that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, goes straight to the throne of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. La ilaha illallah is what the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said you need to gain his intercession on the day of judgment. La ilaha illallah is the card the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that on the day of judgment would be placed in your scale and would send all of your sins flying on the other side. And every construction of la ilaha illallah becomes even that much more powerful. So what do I mean by that?
La ilaha illallah alone is the key to Jannah, right? But the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said whoever does wudu properly, and then says ash-hadu la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah wa ash-hadu anna muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh that that dhikr literally opens up all eight gates of Jannah. So you think about how you take la ilaha illallah and then you build on la ilaha illallah both in terms of the athkar that come as a result of it as well as the great meanings that are embedded in those athkar. Now what's the daily usage of la ilaha illallah? You'll find it for the most simple things such as warding off laziness, عند الكسر. You'll also find it for renewing our intention for anything that we do. And of course, as we said, we say this throughout the day. Anything that reminds you of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la say la ilaha illallah. When you see anything that reminds you of Allah's unlimited capacity and your limited capacity, then say la ilaha illallah. When you see that Allah has fulfilled a promise to you, you say la ilaha illallah. This is the promise of Allah come true. And you'll notice that it is used as part of the sequence of our lowest points and our highest points. So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, the best du'a for hardship is la ilaha illallah anta subhanak inni kuntu minal dhalimeen. There is no God but you. How perfect are you? I was from the wrongdoers. And so this is when a person is in hardship and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, no one says this du'a seeking Allah Azawajal's alleviation of a hardship except that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la will grant that to them. Then he said SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that the best du'a that has been made is the du'a that I and the Prophets have said on the day of Arafah. La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wahuwa ala kulli shay'in qadeer. So this du'a, la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah.
He is one, he has no partners. Lahul mulk wa lahul hamd to him belongs all possession and all praise and he has power over all things. He said SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that this is the best du'a on the day of Arafah. Now on a daily basis, he said SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that if a person says this du'a 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the evening, it is like freeing four slaves from the children of Ismail Alayhi Salam. So you think about that, 10 times between Fajr and sunrise, 10 times between Asr and Maghrib. And it's as if you have freed four people from slavery from the children of Ismail. And what's the reward of that? The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that whoever frees a slave from captivity, Allah Azawajal will free every part of them from the hellfire. So that's just for saying it 10 times. He said in another narration that whoever says it 100 times, it's as if they have freed 10 slaves and Allah will write down for them 100 special good deeds and Allah will erase 100 sins and Allah will grant that person a hirz, a shield from the shaitan. And no one has anything better unless they do even more than that. Meaning they say it even more than 100 times. You say this dhikr after the prayer, after you finish saying SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar 33 times, you say La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer. You also say this prayer before you sleep and you even say this prayer when you enter into the marketplace. This du'a is known as du'a al-suq. La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah lahul mulk wa lahul hamd yuhyi wa yumit wa huwa hayyun la yamut biyadihi alkhair wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer. The only thing that has been added in this du'a is yuhyi wa yumit wa huwa hayyun la yamut. Right? Allah gives life and death and Allah is ever living and he does not die. And one of the wisdoms of that
is that when you walk into the marketplace and you see the materials of this life, you remind yourself, Allahumma la aisha illa aisha al-akhirah Oh Allah, there is no life except for eternal life. The true life exists not in this dunya, but in the hereafter. And Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that whoever says this du'a upon entering into the marketplace, Allah will write down for them alf alf, a thousand by a thousand, which is one million hasanat and remove from them one million sayyiat and raise them by one million darajat, one million degrees. And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la will build them a home in paradise. How many palaces, how many degrees, how many deeds, how many that we have missed out on just by failing to say la ilaha illa Allah on a consistent basis and in every single situation. And we ask Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la Allahumma thabbitnaa inda al-mawti bi la ilaha illa Allah Oh Allah, allow us to be able to utter la ilaha illa Allah at the time of our death. La ilaha illa Allah Ash'hadu an la ilaha illa Allah Wa ash'hadu anna Muhammadan Abduhu wa Rasuluh La ilaha illa Anta Subhanaka Inni kuntu minal zalimin La ilaha illa Allah Rabbul Azeemul Haleem La ilaha illa Allah Rabbul Samawati wal Ardi Wa Rabbul Arshil Azeem La ilaha illa Allah Rabbul Azeemul Haleem La ilaha illa Allah Rabbul Arshil Azeem
La ilaha illa Allah Rabbul Samawati wa Rabbul Ardi Wa Rabbul Arshil Kareem La ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu la sharika lahu Lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamdu Wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadeer La ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu la sharika lah Lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamdu Yuhyi wa yumeetu Wa huwa hayyun la yamoot Bi yadihi al-khayru Wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadeer La ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu la sharika lah Lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamdu Wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadeer Allahumma la mani'a lima a'tayt Wala mu'atiya lima man'at Wala yanfa'u dhaljadd minka aljadd La ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu la sharika lah Lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamdu Wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadeer La ilaha illa Allah Mukhlisina lahu al-deena Walaukariha alkaafiroon Ahlu al-ni'mati wa al-fadli Wa al-thana'i al-hasani La ilaha illa Allah Mukhlisina lahu al-deena
Walaukariha alkaafiroon La ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu a'azza jundahu Wa nasara abdahu Wa ghalaba al-ahzab Wahdahu fala shay'a ba'dah La ilaha illa Allah Al-wahid al-qahhar Rabb al-samawati wa al-ardi wa maa baynahuma al-aziz al-ghaffar Ash'hadu an la ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu la sharika lah Wa anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh Wa anna Isa abdullahi wa ibn amatih Wa kalimatuhu alqaha ila Maryam wa roohun minh Wa anna al-jannata haqq Wa anna al-nara haqq Ash'hadu an la ilaha illa Allah Wahdahu la sharika lah Wa anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh Raditu billahi rabbah wa bi muhammadin rasulah wa bil islami dinah
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