Ilah means the
absolute entity that is worshipped, loved, respected, and glorified. The
lexical meaning of Ilah is to cover, hide or worship. Hence, the rewards
enumerated below may be considered in the light of this meaning.
The reward for reciting “La
Ilaha Illallah” – There is no God except Allah – is regarded in Islam as an
act of worship for which the believer will be richly rewarded. It has been
recorded in the book “Thawab
al-A’mal Wa Iqab al-A’mal by al-Saduq
al-Qummi (r.a.). Extracts from the book are reproduced below:
The Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.)’s companion, Abu Sa’eed
al-Khudri quotes the Messenger of Allah saying: “Allah, the Most Exalted and Sublime, said once to Moses the son of
Imran, O Moses! Had the heavens and all those who reside therein, as well as
those of the seven layers of earth, be placed on one scale and La Ilaha
Illallah on the other, the scale containing La Ilaha Illallah would surely have
weighed more.”
The Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.)’s companion, Hazrat Ja’bir
ibn Abdullah Ansari narrated that the
Messenger of Allah said: “Two most sure
things are: 1) Whoever dies testifying that there is no God except Allah will
enter Paradise and 2) Whoever dies associating anything with Allah will enter
the fire (of Hell)”
The Infallible Imam
Jafar al-Sadiq (a.s.) quotes his great grandfather the Messenger of Allah
saying: “Teach your dying persons to say: La Ilaha Illallah, for it will smash
all of their sins.” He was asked, “O Messenger of Allah! What about one who
says so while enjoying good health?” He said, “That is more smashing to them,
more so, and still more! Indeed, La Ilaha Illallah is the best companion of
anyone during his life time, when he dies, and when he is brought back to life
again. Archangel Jibra’il said (to me): ‘O Mohammad, were you only to see them
when they are brought back to life again! Some are raised with white faces
calling out: La Ilaha Illallah! Allahu Akbar! And the faces of others will be
black, and they will be crying out: Ya Waylah! Ya Thuburah! (O woe unto me! O
what a calamity!)”
The Messenger of
Allah said: “Whoever says: La Ilaha Illallah will have a tree planted for him
in Paradise of red sapphire; it is planted in white musk, is sweater than honey
and is more white than snow; its fragrance is better than musk. Repeat La Ilaha
Illallah and Allahu Akbar as often as you can, for Allah loves nothing more
than them.”
Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju’fi quotes Imam Abu Jafar al-Baqir
(a.s.) who quotes the Messenger of Allah saying: “For everything there is something equal to it except Allah, the
Exalted, the Sublime, for nothing at all equals Him, and so is La Ilaha
Illallah: nothing equals it. Nothing can weigh heavier than one’s tear shed out
of fear of Allah. If it trickles down his face, neither exhaustion, nor
humiliation shall ever touch it (his face thereafter).”
The Commander of the
faithful Imam Ali (A.S.) has said: “Whenever a servant of Allah says: La Ilaha
Illallah, it (the statement) ascends piercing every ceiling, wiping out his
sins as it passes by them till it reaches its equivalent in good deeds.”
The Infallible
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.), has said: “Nothing is more reward able than testifying
that there is no God except Allah, for nothing equates Allah, the most Exalted
one, nor is there any partner with Him.”
The Infallible Imam
Jafar al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “If one says La Ilaha Illallah one hundred times
before going to bed, Allah builds him a mansion in Paradise, and whoever seeks
Allah’s forgiveness a hundred times before going to bed, his sins will fall
down as leaves fall down from the trees.”
Source used:
Allah,
the concept of God in Islam by
Yasin T. al-Jibouri
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