The 5 kalimas

The 5 Kalimahs came into existence to facilitate the easy memorising and learning of Aqeedah (beliefs). It has

no Shar’ee compulsion as far as its memorising is concerned. When they came into existence is not known.

Kalimah Tayyibah
Laa ilaaha illallaahu Muhammadur rasoolullah
(Trans: There is none worthy of worship besides Allah, Muhammad [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] is the messenger

of Allah)

Kalimah Shahaadat
Ash-hadu an-laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahoo laa shareeka lahoo, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhoo wa rasooluh
(Trans: I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship besides Allah. He is alone. He has no partner, and

I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger)

Kalimah Tamjeed
Subhaanallaahi wal hamdulillaahi wa laa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu Akbar, wa laa hawla walaa quwwata illaa

billaahil aliyyil adheem
(Trans: Glory be to Allah. All praise be to Allah. There is none worthy of worship besides Allah and Allah is

the Gratest. There is no power and might except from Allah, the Most High, the Great)

Kalimah Tawheed
Laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahoo laa shareeka lah. Lahul mulk, wa lahul hamd, yuhyiy wa yumeet biyadihil khayr

wa huwa alaa kulli shay-in qadeer
(Trans: There is none worthy of worship besides Allah who is alone. He has no partner. For him is the Kingdom,

and for Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death. In His hand is all good. And He has power over

everything)

Kalimah Radd Kufr
Allaahumma inniy a’oodhu bika min an ushrika bika shay-an wa ana a’alamu bihi wa astaghfiruka lima laa a’alamu

bih. Tubtu anhu wa tabarratu minal kufri wash-shirki wal kizbi wal ma’aasi kullihaa aslamtu wa aamantu wa

aqoolu laa ilaaha illallaahu Muhammadur rasoolullah
(Trans: O Allah, surely I do seek refuge in You from knowingly associating any partner with You, I beg Your

forgiveness for the sin from which I am not aware of, I repent it and I declare myself free from infidelity,

polytheism (associating any partner with Allah), telling lies and all other sins. I accept Islam and believe

and declare that there is none worthy of worship besides Allah and Muhammad [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] is

the messenger of Allah.

and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

http://islam.tc/ask-imam/view.php?q=13481

lets all memorize them 2gether :slight_smile:

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they have no significance in Islam....
and in indo-pak so much is attributed t it, so much as nikaah not being read if the guy does not know the kalimahs (which by the way r 6 and not 5), which is definitely a bid'ah and not a part of Islam....

ppl shud stay away from memorizing such things, which r not mentioned in any hadith even, so that this bid'ah may die down....

lets all preach together to discard these things when and where ever u see them....

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Oh not biddah this, biddah that again.. sighs

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^ we have to know what is right and what is wrong....

bid'ah, innovation, is a dangerous thing....

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It is priaseworthy according to the Hanafi Madhab at least, to memorize the 5 kalimas. They are not a bad bid'ah as asserted by some people here.

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i say this in sincerety if you sigh to something we talk about in which we enjoin good and forbid eveil you might aswell sigh to the many hadiths of the Prophet(saw) regarding bidah!

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Why do you live in bahrain (a british innovation, nationalism is haram in islam right?).

Why do use currency where the picture of the head of state is on it (another bid’dah) or if you are not hafiz (are you?) then why do you “read” quran since there was no quran in book form (only came in time of Caliph Umar) and hence you are committing bid’dah there too right?

These things will take us nowhere in this world (unless you like getting your countries invaded and plundered)..

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why minimise it to 5? why not more or less? why 5? we should memorise as much as we can not limit it to 5 brother and sisters.

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Give me one hadeth!

Since you are salafi (as per your nick), I know how you guys misuse and abuse the word bid’dah!

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Why the four witnesses for a rape to be accounted for?

Why not DNA tests, forensics?
Surely it makes ‘logic’ that since these technologies weren’t present back in the days of sahaba so why not make use of a good thing???

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Can you give me a link?

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why i live in bahrain???
cuz it wasnt made by British it was made by Allah and i live there cuz i was born there…
is living in a place u were born, a bidah???

our currency here does not have any picture of the head of state…
shall i share with u the pictures of bahrain currency???

Quran was meant to be in a Book form…
why else do u think it was called KITAAB???

next time come up with better examples…

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The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Every innovation is misguidance and going astray" Reported by Abu Daawood (no. 4607), at-Tirmidhee (no. 2676) and it is saheeh. Ibn Hajr authenticated it Takhreej Ahaadeeth Ibn ul-Haajib (1/137).

And he (sallallaahu alaihi wasallam) also said: "… and every innovation is misguidance and all misguidance is in the Hellfire." Reported by an-Nasaa'ee (1/224) from Jaabir bin Abdullaah and it is saheeh as declared by Shaikh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmoo' ul-Fataawaa (3/58).

like i said refer to the bidah post.

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the link is http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=196494&highlight=bidAH

only go if u r sincere.

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Who said someone is limiting it to 5? In the Ash’ari/Maturidi System of 'Aqida for Sunni Muslims it is minimized to 5. Since Pakistani Sunnis follow the Hanafi Madhab, this is what is recommended in their madhab. Ophcourse one can memorize other things as well.

Thaqib

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No, there was no such thing as bahrain before this century!
Accept it was made by the colonialists!

Fine, forget the currency issue (the head of state is on saudi currency) but we are talking bid’dah (not something that the Prophet Muhammad did) and he sure didn’t read Quran from a book?

Why use a computer? another bid’dah for you!!

All these things make sense in your bid’dah debate!

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blitzkreig stop and learn about the concept first before you start giving childish examples! is it too hard to go and refer to the Post? see what is a bidah and wetha a computar can be a bidah or not. seriously think before you speak.

thaqib you say "Who said someone is limiting it to 5" well the posts starts with the 5 kalima doesnt it? our aqeedah can be done in one.

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What is the definition of bid’dah? :rolleyes:

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I must diagree. Bahrain has in essence always been there. Bahrain takes it name very much due to that small Island, but must have had also included much of the nearby eastern province of Saudi and also large parts of Qatar. The place was always called Bahrain in Islamic History. The al-khamis mosque is a testimony to this. The British did not create Bahrain. They merely handed it over to the exiled al-khalifa family who then made it into a kingdom of Bahrain. Ophcourse the kingdom is therefore a creation of the British. (and everything does happen by Allah's will)

Thaqib

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ITS ON THE FOLLOWING LINK http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthre…highlight=bidAH

read all of it.