Tahlil: The Best Dhikr
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ
Translation :
There is no god but Allah.
Transliteration :
Lā ilāha illā-Allāh
Hadith:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The best dhikr is لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله.” (Nasā’ī)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The best of what I and the Prophets before me have said is: لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ.” (Muwatta’)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When a servant of Allah utters the words لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله sincerely, the doors of Paradise open up for these words until they reach the Throne of Allah, so long as its utterer keeps away from the major sins.” (Tirmidhī)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Renew your faith.” The companions (radiy Allāhū ‘anhum) asked: “How can we renew our faith?” He ﷺ replied: “Be frequent in saying لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله.” (Ahmad)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah has made Hell-fire unlawful for the one who, seeking His pleasure, says لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله.” (Bukhārī)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “He whose last words are لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله will enter Paradise.” (Abū Dāwūd)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The most fortunate person who will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement will be the one who said لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله sincerely from his heart.” (Bukhārī)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When death approached Allah’s Prophet Nūh (ʿalayhi s-salām), he said to his son: ‘… I command you with لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله. Surely if the seven heavens and the seven earths were placed on a pan of a scale, and لَا إِلهَ إِلَّاالله was placed on the other pan, it would outweigh them.’” (al-Adab al-Mufrad)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed Allah will choose a man from my ummah in front of all of creation on the Day of Judgement. He will lay out 99 scrolls for him; each scroll will be as far as the eye can see. Then He will ask: ‘Do you deny any of this? Have my assiduous scribes wronged you?’ He will reply: ‘No, O Lord!’ He will ask: ‘Do you have an excuse?’ He will reply: ‘No, O Lord!’ So He will say: ‘On the contrary! Certainly you have a good deed with us, and you shall not be wronged today.’ Then a card will be brought out and it will contain أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَّا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ ورَسُوْلُهُ. Then He will say: ‘Bring your scales.’ He will say: ‘O Lord! What good is this card next to these scrolls?’ He will say: ‘You shall not be wronged.’ The scrolls will be put on one pan of the scale, and the card on the other. The scrolls will be light, and the card will be heavy, as nothing is heavier than the Name of Allah.” (Tirmidhī)
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