ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3794

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah and Abu Sa' eed bore witness that the Messenger of Allah(saw) said: "If a person says: 'La illaha illallahu wa Allahu Akbar (None has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great): Allah says: 'My slave has spoken the truth; there is none worthy of worship except I, and I am the Most Great.' If a person says: La ilaha illallah wahdahu (There is none worthy of worship except Allah alone). Allah says: My slave has spoken the truth; there is none worthy of worship except I, alone.’If he says, La ilaha illallahu la sharika lahu (There is none worthy of worship except allah with no patner or associate),’ Allah says: ‘My slave has spoken the truth; there is none worthy of worship except I, with no partner or associate.’ If he says: ‘La ilaha illallah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu (There is none worthy of worship except Allah, all dominion, is His and all praise is to Him),’ Allah says: ‘My slave has spoken the truth, there is none worthy of worship except I, all dominion is Mine and all praise is (due) to Me.’ If he says: ‘La ilaha illallah, la hawla wa la quwwata illa Billah (There is none worthy of worship except Allah and there is no power and no strength except with Allah),’ Allah says: ‘My slave has spoken the truth; there is none worthy of worship except I, and there is no power and no strength except with Me.’” (One of the narrators) Abu Ishaq said: "Then Agharr (another narrator) said something that I did not understand. I said to Abu Jafar: 'What did he say?' He said: ‘Whoever is blessed with (the ability to say) them (these words) at the time of death, the Fire will not touch him.’” (Da'if)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020