ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever testifies that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, alone with no partner; that Muhammad is His servant and messenger; that Jesus is the servant of Allah and His messenger, His word which He bestowed upon Mary, and a spirit from Him; and that Paradise is true and Hellfire is true—Allah will admit him into Paradise no matter what deeds he may have done.” Both al-Bukhārī and Muslim narrated it.⦗1⦘

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ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit: He is ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit ibn Qays al-Anṣārī al-Khazrajī, one of the twelve chiefs, a participant at Badr, well-known, who died in 34 AH at the age of seventy-two.

“Whoever testifies that there is no god but Allah”: He pronounces this statement knowing its meaning and acting upon its implications, inwardly and outwardly.

“There is no god but Allah”: No being deserves worship in truth except Allah.

“Alone”: a circumstantial phrase that emphatically affirms the declaration.

“He has no partner”: an emphatic negation.

“And that Muhammad…”: that he also bears witness that Muhammad…

“His servant”: His owned slave, the one who worships Him.

“And His messenger”: the one Allah sent with His law.

“And that Jesus…”: that he also bears witness that Jesus, the son of Mary…

“Is the servant of Allah and His messenger”: refuting the Christians’ claim that he is Allah, or the son of Allah, or