The Proof for the Kalima Tayyiba and the Kalima of Testimony

Question

(1) A certain person describes himself as belonging to the Hanafi school, but says that the kalima of testimony (shahada) occurs in the noble hadith with the following wording: “an tashhada an la ilaha illa-Llah wa anna Muhammadan rasulu-Llah” [“that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allah”].

Answer

(1) The answer to this question was sent from here not long ago; now it has come again — previously only the ruling was asked about, now proof has also been requested. In the Holy Qur’an the two parts of the kalima tayyiba are mentioned separately: “La ilaha illa-Llah” is mentioned in Surah as-Saffat, in the juz beginning with “wa mali”, and “Muhammadun rasulu-Llah” is in…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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