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The Messenger of Allah :saw2: said:
"He whose last words are :laila: La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), will enter paradise."
[Abu Dawud and Al-Hakim]
Therefore, there is a special status for recitig La ilaha illallah upon death with regards to ersaing sins and annulling them, if it is a testimony coming from a slave who feels certain in it and who is knowledgeable in its implications. A slave in whose heart lusts have died and whose rebellious self has settled down, and therefore, it obeyed after it had refused to obey, came along after going away, succumbed after feeling might and lost eagerness for this life and its insignificant delights.
It is a soul that has been humbled before its Lord, Creator and True Master, as humble before Him as ever, and as hopeful as ever for His pardon, forgiveness and mercy. A soul that felt sincere Tauhid at that moment and lost all ways and aspects of Shirk sincerely believeing that it is false. In this state, the believing soul gave up the struggle that used to tear it apart and became intent on dedicating attention to He to Whom it is coming back and returning. This is when the believing slave directed his face to Allah and went back to Him in heart and soul. Therefore, he submitted in Tauhid inwardly and outwardly and his public and secret affairs became the same, declaring La ilaha illallah, sincerely from his heart. Moreover, his heart got rid of dedication to other than Allah and looking at someone else besides Him.
Life fully departed his heart as he sat in wait for the Return to Allah. The fires of lust were extinguished in his heart, which became filled with the Hereafter, placing it before his eyes, all the while throwing life behind his back. This is when this sincere testimony became the last of his works, thus purifying him from his sins, and brought him back to his Lord after pronouncing this truthful, sincere testimony, its inward as pure as its outward, and its public as pure as its secret. Had this testimony been uttered this sincerely from him before when he was well, he would have felt estranged from this life and its people and escaped to Allah. Had he reached that exalted state before, he would have felt joy by being with Allah, more than he felt with anyone besides Him.
Certainly Allah is sought for each and every type of help. What does one own of his own affairs, if his forelock is with Allah, his soul belongs to Him, his heart is between two of His fingers, and He changes the hearts as he wills, and his life and death are His property? Moreover, his happiness, misery, movements, idleness, statements, and actions are tied to Allah's Will and Permission. Thus, the slave does not move except by Allah's leave, nor does he do anything except by His Will. If Allah [abandons the slave] makes him dependent on his own self, he will be relying on weakness, loss, shortcoming, sin and error. If Allah made him reliant on other creations, he will be relying on he who is unable to bring him harm, benefit, life, death or resurrection. If Allah abandons the slave, then his enemy will capture him and make him a prisoner. Therefore, the slave can not afford reliance on other than Allah, not for one instant even. Rather, he needs Allah as long as he is still breathing and for the benefit of every atom in his outward and inward existence, for his poverty to Allah who is perfect in all respects. Yet, the slave lags behind and turns away from Allah, earning His anger by disobeying Him even though his need to him is ultimate in every way. He forgets Allah's remembrance and leaves it behind his back, even though his return is ultimately to Allah and his final stand will be before Him
(Al-Fawa-id, by bin Al-Qayyim, p73)
The Messenger of Allah :saw2: said:
"He whose last words are :laila: La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), will enter paradise."
[Abu Dawud and Al-Hakim]
Therefore, there is a special status for recitig La ilaha illallah upon death with regards to ersaing sins and annulling them, if it is a testimony coming from a slave who feels certain in it and who is knowledgeable in its implications. A slave in whose heart lusts have died and whose rebellious self has settled down, and therefore, it obeyed after it had refused to obey, came along after going away, succumbed after feeling might and lost eagerness for this life and its insignificant delights.
It is a soul that has been humbled before its Lord, Creator and True Master, as humble before Him as ever, and as hopeful as ever for His pardon, forgiveness and mercy. A soul that felt sincere Tauhid at that moment and lost all ways and aspects of Shirk sincerely believeing that it is false. In this state, the believing soul gave up the struggle that used to tear it apart and became intent on dedicating attention to He to Whom it is coming back and returning. This is when the believing slave directed his face to Allah and went back to Him in heart and soul. Therefore, he submitted in Tauhid inwardly and outwardly and his public and secret affairs became the same, declaring La ilaha illallah, sincerely from his heart. Moreover, his heart got rid of dedication to other than Allah and looking at someone else besides Him.
Life fully departed his heart as he sat in wait for the Return to Allah. The fires of lust were extinguished in his heart, which became filled with the Hereafter, placing it before his eyes, all the while throwing life behind his back. This is when this sincere testimony became the last of his works, thus purifying him from his sins, and brought him back to his Lord after pronouncing this truthful, sincere testimony, its inward as pure as its outward, and its public as pure as its secret. Had this testimony been uttered this sincerely from him before when he was well, he would have felt estranged from this life and its people and escaped to Allah. Had he reached that exalted state before, he would have felt joy by being with Allah, more than he felt with anyone besides Him.
Certainly Allah is sought for each and every type of help. What does one own of his own affairs, if his forelock is with Allah, his soul belongs to Him, his heart is between two of His fingers, and He changes the hearts as he wills, and his life and death are His property? Moreover, his happiness, misery, movements, idleness, statements, and actions are tied to Allah's Will and Permission. Thus, the slave does not move except by Allah's leave, nor does he do anything except by His Will. If Allah [abandons the slave] makes him dependent on his own self, he will be relying on weakness, loss, shortcoming, sin and error. If Allah made him reliant on other creations, he will be relying on he who is unable to bring him harm, benefit, life, death or resurrection. If Allah abandons the slave, then his enemy will capture him and make him a prisoner. Therefore, the slave can not afford reliance on other than Allah, not for one instant even. Rather, he needs Allah as long as he is still breathing and for the benefit of every atom in his outward and inward existence, for his poverty to Allah who is perfect in all respects. Yet, the slave lags behind and turns away from Allah, earning His anger by disobeying Him even though his need to him is ultimate in every way. He forgets Allah's remembrance and leaves it behind his back, even though his return is ultimately to Allah and his final stand will be before Him
(Al-Fawa-id, by bin Al-Qayyim, p73)
