Hadith

SIGNIFICANCE OF SAYING "LA ILAHA ILLALLAH"

Abu Sa'eed AI-Khudri narrated that Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said,
"Musa (Moses) said: 'O my Lord, teach me something by which I can remember You and supplicate to You.' 
Allah answered: 'Say, O Musa, La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).' 
Musa said: 'O my Lord, all your slaves say this.'
Allah said: 'O Musa, if the seven heavens and all of their inhabitants besides Me, and the seven earths were in a pan (of a scale), and La ilaha illallah was in (another) pan, then La ilaha illallah would outweigh them."

Ibn Hibbaan and AI-Haakim recorded this, and he (AIHaakim) graded it authentic (Saheeh).
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Tirmithi recorded a Hadith that he graded good (Hasan), from Anas (who said):
"I heard Allah's Messenger saying,
"Allah the Most High said, "O son of Aadam! If you came to Me with sins filling the earth, then you met Me without associating anything with Me, I would come to you with its (the earth's) fill of forgiveness.'"
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Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whoever said "(la ilaha ilallah) None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a barley grain will be taken out of Hell."

And whoever said: "(la ilaha ilallah) None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a wheat grain will be taken out of Hell."

And whoever said, "(la ilaha ilallah) None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of an atom will be taken out of Hell."
(Sahih Bukhari - Volume 1, Book 2, Number 42)
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“So know (O Muhammad SAW) that La ilaha ill-Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), and ask forgiveness for your sin, and also for (the sin of) believing men and believing women.” Quran (47:19)

It was once said to Al Hasan Al-Basri: "Some people say that those who proclaim La iláha illalláh shall enter Paradise." He said, "Yes. For those who proclaim this word and fulfill its implications and requirements, then saying La iláha illalláh shall enter them into Paradise."
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HYPOCRISY - A SINFUL HEART DISEASE

“And of the people are some who say, “We believe in Allah and the Last Day, ”but they are not believers.They [think to deceive] Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not. In their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.”

[Al-Qur'an - Surah Baqrah - 2:8-10]

It is narrated by Mahmud bin Labid (r.a), Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: "The most dreadful thing which I fear about you is minor (shirk) polytheism."

The companions (r.a) asked: "What is the minor (shirk) polytheism?"

He (pbuh) said: "It is hypocrisy; and he (pbuh) added that on the Day of Judgment, when rewarding people for their deeds, Allah (s.w.t) will say to the hypocrites: 'Go to those for the sake of whom you used to perform good deeds; and see whether you can get any reward from them.'"

(Musnad Ahmad)

"O Allah! Purify my heart of hypocrisy, and my deeds from showing off, and my tongue from lying, and my eyes from betraying trust (looking at the forbidden). For indeed, You know what the eyes betray, and what is hidden deep in the breasts."

(Baihaqi)

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PEACE IN HARDSHIP

1. إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ "We belong to Allah and to Him we are to return" 

This is what the patient people should say as it brings excellent reward, relieves from the burden of sorrow and suffering and consoles effectively the grieved heart.
As the quality and degree of patience varies from person to person, everyone will be rewarded individually according to and commensurate with his quality of patience.

2. O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient ones. [2:153]

3. Let us not forget that, according to the Hadith,
whenever the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was faced with a grave problem of any kind, he always hastened to offer nafl prayers, and through the barakah (benediction) of the prayers, Allah came to his aid and resolved the problem satisfactorily.

4. "Say, 'only what Allah has decreed for us will happen to us. He is our Master: let the believers put their trust in Allah" (Qur'an 9:51)

And surely We will test you with a bit of fear and hunger, and loss in wealth and lives and fruits.
And give good tidings to the patient who, when suffering comes to them, say: 'We certainly belong to Allah, and to Him we are bound to return!'
Those are the ones upon whom there are blessings from their Lord, and mercy. And those are the ones who are on the right path. (Quran 2:154-157)

“For truly with hardship comes ease” (Quran 94:5-6)

Bear sorrows and calamities patiently otherwise you will never be happy.
-Hazrat Ali (R.A)

"For every dark night, there's a brighter day"
-Tupac Shakur