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Sunan an-Nasai 3969 (Book 37, Hadith 4) #18502
The Importance of Bearing Witness to La ilaha illallah

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of bearing witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and establishing Salah and paying Zakah.

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "When the Messenger of Allah SAW died, the 'Arabs apostatized, so 'Umar said: 'O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the 'Arabs?' Abu Bakr said: 'The Messenger of Allah SAW said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they bear witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that I am the Messenger of Allah, and they establish Salah and pay Zakah". By Allah, if they withhold from me a young goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah SAW, I will fight them for it'. 'Umar said: 'By Allah, as soon as I realized how certain Abu Bakr was, I knew that it was the truth'."
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ أَبُو الْعَوَّامِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تُقَاتِلُ الْعَرَبَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَشْهَدُوا أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عَنَاقًا مِمَّا كَانُوا يُعْطُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَاتَلْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ عُمَرُ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَأْىَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَدْ شُرِحَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ

QUICK LESSONS:
Bear witness to la ilahe Illallahu; Establish salaah; Pay zakaat; Obey Allah's commands; Be truthful in beliefs .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the importance of bearing witness to La ilaha illallah, which means that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. It also speaks about establishing Salah, which refers to prayer, and paying Zakah, which refers to charity. When the Prophet Muhammad passed away, some Arabs apostatized or left Islam. Umar asked Abu Bakr how he could fight them but Abu Bakr was certain that he should fight them because it was what the Prophet Muhammad commanded him to do before his death. This hadith teaches us that we must always be truthful in our beliefs and obey Allah's commands even if it seems difficult or challenging at first.

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