Reward for the Monotheists and Gnostics

Abu `Imran al-`Ijli said: Muhammad ibn Sinan said: Abu al-`Ala al-Khaffaf said: `Atiyyah al-`Awfi said, on the authority of Abu Sa’id al-Khudri, he said that The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “Neither I nor anyone before me has said anything (with such worth) like: `There is no god but Allah’ [La ilaha illa Allah].”

Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “The best act of worship [`ibadah] is to say: `There is no god but Allah’.”

“There is nothing greater in reward than testifying that: 'There is no god but Allah, because nothing equals Allah, the Mighty and High, and nobody shares His Power.'"

“Verily, Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, has given the believer a guarantee.” I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “If a believer professes his (Allah’s) divinity, Muhammad’s (sw) prophethood, and `Ali’s (as) Imamate, and carries out his duties, He guarantees him eternal life in His Presence [jiwar].” I said: “By Allah! This is a blessing with which none of the blessings bestowed upon the children of Adam can compare!” Abu 'Abdillah (AS) replied, “Do little, and you will enjoy much.”

Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “Whoever dies without ascribing a partner to Allah, will enter Heaven regardless of whether he has done good or evil.”

Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: "I am the most entitled of being feared and that My servant does not associate anything with Me, and I am the most entitled, if My servant does not associate anything with Me, to admit him into Paradise." And he (as) said: "Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, has sworn by His might and majesty that He will never punish the people of His monotheism with the Fire."

“Verily, Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, has forbidden Hellfire to the bodies of the monotheists.”

“Two events are inevitable: The one who died witnessing that there is no god but Allah (He is One and He has no partner with Him) will enter Paradise, and the one who died associating partners with Allah will enter Hellfire.”

“'Every stubborn tyrant' (14:15) are those who refuse to say 'There is no god but Allah.'”

Jibra’il (as) came to Rasulullah (sw) and said: “O Muhammad! Blessed is any member of your Ummah who professes that 'There is no god but Allah, Alone, Alone, Alone.'"

Messenger of Allah (sw) said: ”Jibra’il came to me while I was in between al-Safa and al-Marwah and said: `O Muhammad! Blessed is any member of your Ummah who professes that `There is not god but Allah, Unique’ with sincerity.”

A Muslim servant has only to say the words `There is no god but Allah,’ and they ascend (to Allah), breaking through physical barriers. As they do so, they obliterate his sins as they pass them by, stopping only when they reach his good deeds.

`Imran ibn Abu `Ata’ said: `Ata’ related on the authority of Ibn `Abbas that the Prophet (sw) said: There is no statement more loved to Allah, the Mighty and High, than `There is no god but Allah.’ There is not a single servant (of Allah) who pronounces these words but that his sins are dispersed under his feet like the leaves of a tree are scattered beneath it.

“O son of the Messenger of Allah! What are the virtuous words?” He replied, “The virtuous words are bearing witness that `there is no god but Allah.’ And the virtuous deed is giving the (zakat of) Fitrah."

Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “Anyone who professes that `There is no god but Allah’, during an hour of the night or the day, will have all his evil deeds erased from his book (of reckoning).”

`Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (AS) related to me in the year 194 (AH) that: My father Musa ibn Ja’far (AS) related to me that: My father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (AS) related to me that: My father Muhammad ibn `Ali (AS) related to me that: My father `Ali ibn al-Husayn related to me that: My father al-Husayn ibn `Ali (AS) related to me that: My father `Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS) related to that me that: The Messenger of Allah (sw): “Allah, Glorified be He, said: `There is no god but Allah’ is My Fortress. Whoever enters it is saved from My Chastisement.”

When Abu al-Hasan al-Risa (AS) reached Naysabur, and intended to go from there to al-Ma’mum, some traditionists met him. They asked him, “O son of the Messenger of Allah! You are going from us without relating any Hadith to us so that we can derive benefit from you.” He was sitting in a camel-borne sedan, so he leaned his head out, and replied: I heard my father, Musa ibn Ja’far say: I heard my father Ja’far ibn Muhammad say: I heard my father Muhammad ibn `Ali say: I heard my father `Ali ibn Husayn say: I heard my father Husayn ibn `Ali ibn Abu Talib say: I heard my father the Commander of the faithful `Ali ibn Abu Talib (AS) say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sw) say: I heard Jibra’il say: I heard Allah, Exalted be His Glory, say, `There is no god but Allah’ is my Fortress. Whoever enters My Fortress is safe from My Chastisement.” When the camel passed by, he (AS) called out to us, “That is subject to conditions. And I am among its conditions.”
The Compiler of this book explains: Among the conditions (of the statement; there is no god but Allah) is the acknowledgment that Al-Rida (AS) is an Imam appointed by Allah, the Mighty and High, over the people [`ibad], and the one to whom obedience is due.

“Come here, O Abu Dharr!” So I walked with him for some time. He said: Verily, the ones with much will be the ones with less. On the Day of Resurrection with the exception of those Allah has favoured. His Favour will spread to them from right to left, and from front to back. It will fill them with good. Abu Dharr says: I continued to walk with him for a while. Then he (sw) said: “Sit down here. He made me sit down in some low ground around which was stones.” He said to me, “Sit down until I return to you.” He (Abu Dharr) said: He went to a stony area until I could no longer see him. His delay was prolonged. Then I heard him coming, while saying, “Even if he fornicated and eve if he stole?” He said: When he came back, I immediately asked him, “O Prophet of Allah! May Allah make me your ransom! Who are you talking to in the stony area for I did not hear anyone answer you?” He replied, “It was Jibra’il who appeared to me in that stony area and said: `Glad tidings to your Ummah that anyone who dies without associating anything with Allah, the Mighty and High, will enter Heaven.” He (sw) added, “I asked Jibra’il: `Even if he fornicated and even if he stole?’ He replied: `Yes, and even if he drank wine.’”
The Compiler of this book says: What he means by this is that he will succeed in repentance so that he may enter Paradise.

I was with the Messenger of Allah (sw) and he said to me, “O Mu`adh! Do you know what is the right of Allah, the Mighty and High, upon His Servants?”, repeating it three times. I answered,” Allah and His Messenger know best.” The Messenger of Allah said: “The right of Allah, the Mighty and High, upon His Servants is that they should not associate anything with Him.” After that he asked, “Do you know what the right of the servants is upon Allah, the Mighty and High, when they respect His Right?” I answered, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He (sw) said: “That He should not chastise them.” Or he (sw) said: “That He should not place them in Hell.”

The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “He who dies without associating anything with Allah, whether he did good or evil, will enter Heaven.”

“He who says, `there is no god but Allah’ one hundred times will be the best of the people in deeds on that day, unless someone says it more often than he does.”

The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: Allah Mighty be His Glory said to Musa (AS), “O Musa! If everything that exists in all the heavens, their inhabitants, and the seven earths, were places in one side of the scale, and `there is no god but Allah’ was placed in the other side, then `there is not god but Allah’ would tip the scale.”

”In a day, whoever says “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the One and Only, who has no partners; the God [ilah], the One [wahid], the Unique [ahad], on whom all depend, who has not taken a partner nor son,” Allah, the Majestic and Glorious, will record 45 thousand thousand (45 million) good deeds for him, and He will forgive him 45 thousand thousand evil deeds, and He will raise his position in Heaven by 45 thousand thousand places, and He will be like a person who recited the Quran twelve times, and Allah will build a house for him in Heaven.”