I will say only La ilaha Il lalaah.

[USResident]

Re: I will say only La ilaha Il lalaah.

@teaser

Yes brother I am from Pakistan (fortunately :)) and yes I had to learn 6 kalimas and other good stuff that are being taught there.

I only wanted to post and state that these are very sensitive issues and one should really be careful dealing with these issues. Posting here means there are chances that quite a lot of people will get to read it and you never know if it might mislead someone. As Alama Iqbal said “Yeah Mamaly Hain Nazuk Jo Terri Raza Ho Who Tu Kar”.

From what I have learned and with my limited knowledge all I know for a non-muslim to accept or enter into Islam he/she has to say the shahada and not just say it but to accept it from the core of his/her heart plus implement it in his/her life. What really is shahada? Basically acknowledging that there is only 1 Allah :swt: and Mohammad :saw: is His last messenger. If the person do not believe in Mohammad :saw: as being last prophet than I don’t think he/she is fully converted to Islam.

I think we as born Muslims have to go through something similar. From what I know that when a baby is born in a Muslim family the father or head of household has to say Azan in the right ear and Iqama in the left ear. Again this could also be a product of subcontinent but than whats wrong with it? We are not committing shirk by doing this nor we are doing something against Islam or something that would lead to shirk? Infect I think its a good thing so if it pleases you, than do it otherwise don’t do it and don’t force upon others. Simple.

It should not be forced upon as is the case in Pakistan such as 6 kalimas and addition of nafals in Magrib and Isha prayer and so on.

Actually Teaser, I had emphasized the same thing once before on this forum and said that such issues should be carefully handled so readers with weak faith are not given to folly than success. Thank you for reminding me of that. I will not debate it further since a lot of people may may not be on the same page of understanding or religious tolerance as I am. Not saying that I am some scholar but I think you have seen me debating and discussing before and I like intellectual and logical discussions and once I’m really involved its hard to push me away from something. A discussion about this might cast unnecessary aspersions, which is not my intent.