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Shahāda (Testimony of Faith)

The witnessing that there is no god but God and Muḥammad is His messenger—the first Pillar and gateway to Islam.

The witnessing that there is no god but God and Muḥammad is His messenger—the first Pillar and gateway to Islam.

How it traveled

  1. Kafi Fi Fiqh
    Damascus · 1223
    explains
  2. Ghunya
    —
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-abul-ala-mawdudi-towards-understanding-islam

Towards Understanding Islam · Abul A'la Mawdudi

Citation only · not on Sefaria
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Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din · al-Ghazali

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Jamiʿ al-Masaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

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Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Mughni · Ibn Qudama

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al-Muqniʿ fi al-Fiqh · Ibn Qudama

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Musnad · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Nazariyyat al-ʿAqd · Ibn Taymiyya

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Nihayat Matlab · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

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Risala Fi Qunut Ashya · Ibn Taymiyya

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Sahih Muslim · Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

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Sahih al-Bukhari · Muhammad al-Bukhari

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Tadhkirat Fuqaha · al-'Allama al-Hilli

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Sharh al-Talwih ʿala al-Tawdih · al-Taftazani

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Tacrifat · Al-Sharif al-Jurjani

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Jamiʿ al-Rasaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

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Qut Qulub · Abu Talib al-Makki

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Bidayat Mujtahid · Ibn Rushd

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Darʾ Taʿarud al-ʿAql wa-l-Naql · Ibn Taymiyya

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Daw Bahir · Ibn Qudama

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Shahāda (Testimony of Faith). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.