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Second Testimony: Muḥammad Rasūl Allāh

Tawḥīd (Uṣūl al-Dīn)Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah

The testimony of messengership: affirming Muḥammad as the Messenger of God and the duty to believe and follow him.

Essence

S1To believe what he reported, obey what he commanded, shun what he forbade, and worship God only as he prescribed. [1.1]

Dimension I

Definition

What it is — and what it is not

What it is
  • S2In language — Risālah means a message conveyed; a rasūl is one sent to deliver it.
  • S3In the Sacred Law — Affirming Muḥammad as the Messenger of God, sent to all mankind, the final prophet.
Attributes
  • S4What it requires — Belief in his prophethood, following his Sunnah, and affirming the finality of prophethood.

Dimension II

In practice

How to deal with it

How to deal with it
  • S5Take the Messenger as the living explanation of revelation, not a distant historical figure.
Consequences
  • S6If withheld — Faith in God without acceptance of His Messenger is not the faith Islam requires.

Part of synthesis

Sub-topics 3

References

  1. Qurʾān 48:29.

    • 1.1

      Q 48:29 — Muḥammad is the Messenger of God; and those with him are firm against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves.

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