Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-Din - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (31)

Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-DinAbd al-Rahman al-Sadi’

The Book of Purification

Introduction

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THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION 1

3—The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said, “Islam is built upon five: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing prayer, giving zakat, performing pilgrimage to the House, and fasting Ramadan.” 2 Agreed upon.

4—The testimony that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah means that the servant knows, firmly believes, and commits himself to the truth that none deserves to be acknowledged as divine or worshipped except Allah alone, who has no partner.

This requires the servant to devote the entire religion sincerely to Allah Most High, to dedicate all his outward and inward acts of worship to Allah alone, and never to associate anything with Him in any matter of religion.

This is the foundation of the religion of all the messengers and their followers, as Allah Most High says: “We never sent any messenger before you without revealing to him that none has the right to be worshipped except Me, so worship Me.” [The Prophets: 25].

5—The testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah means that the servant believes that Allah sent Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—to both humankind and jinn, as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, calling them to affirm Allah’s oneness and obey Him by believing the truth of what he reported,

(1) In “B”: “Chapter.” (2) Reported by al-Bukhārī (1/49) and Muslim (16).

كتاب الطهارة مدخل ... كِتَابُ الطَّهَارَةِ ١ ٣- قال النبي ﷺ: "بُنِيَ الإِسْلامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنَّ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وإِقَامِ الصَّلاةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَحِجِّ البَيتِ، وَصَومِ رَمَضَانَ" ٢. متفق عليه. ٤- فَشَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اَللَّهُ: عِلْمُ اَلْعَبْدِ وَاعْتِقَادِهِ وَالْتِزَامِهِ أَنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحِقُّ اَلْأُلُوهِيَّةَ وَالْعُبُودِيَّةَ إِلَّا اَللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ. فَيُوجِبُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اَلْعَبْدِ: إِخْلَاصَ جَمِيعِ اَلدِّينِ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَأَنْ تَكُونَ عِبَادَاتُهُ اَلظَّاهِرَةُ وَالْبَاطِنَةُ كلها لله وحده، وألا يُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِ اَلدِّينِ. وهذا أصل دين جميع المرسلين وأتباعهم، كمال قَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِْ﴾ [الأنبياء: ٢٥] . ٥- وَشَهَادَةُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ: أَنَّ يَعْتَقِدَ اَلْعَبْدُ أَنَّ اَللَّهَ أَرْسَلَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ إِلَى جَمِيعِ اَلثَّقَلَيْنِ: اَلْإِنْسِ وَالْجِنِّ، بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا، يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى تَوْحِيدِ اَللَّهِ وَطَاعَتِهِ، بتصديق خبره،

١ في "ب": فصل. ٢ أخرجه البخاري "٤٩/١"، ومسلم "١٦".