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Muhammad, the Messenger ofAllah.
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What the Testimony of Faith'There /There is no true god
worthy uorthy of being betng worshipped except Allah and
Muhammad is the Messenger ofAllah' Allah'entails:
1. To believe in the Message of the Prophet. 6 and that he
was sent to mankind at large; thus the Message of Islam is
not restricted to a certain group of people or a period of
time. Allah, the Exalted, says:
(Blessed is He Who sent down the criterion to His
slave that he may be a warner to mankind.) rnankind.) (25:1) 1zs:r;
2. To believe that the Prophet • 6 is infallible in matters
pertaining to the Deen. Allah, the Exalted, says:
(Nor does he speak of his own desire. It is only a
revelationrevealed.) revealed.) (27:3-4) 1zz:e-l;
As for worldly affairs, the Prophet. S was only human and
would make Ijtihaad Iitihaad (Le. (i.e. exert his effort to reach a ruling) in
that matter.
The Prophet. 6 said:
"You present your cases to me - some of you may be
more eloquent and persuasive in presenting arguments
than others. So, if I give someone's right to another
(wrongly) because of the latter's (tricky) presentation of
the case; I am giving him a piece of Fire; so he should
not take it."
(Agreed upon;u upon)l8
He also said, in another narration:
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18 i.e. Both Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim have narrated the
Hadeeth in their collections through the same Companion.
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