The Kalima
What is Kalima? What is its relation with Islamic Aqeedah?
1. The Kalimah (Arabic کلمہ, means "word") the literal meaning is word. Kalima
Tayyaba means good word. In the Kalima, the basic of Islamic Aqeedah from Quran
and Sunnah has been summarised and codified in Arabic by Scholars of Sunnah.
2.
This is for easy
understanding. These kalimas were compiled and put together for people to
memorize and learn the fundamentals of Islam.
3.
These are recorded in
various books of knowledge and are recited (and memorized) by Muslim across the globe. In Islamic world parents make it memorize to
their children at very small age. In some part of the Muslim world it is very
popular and students in the early childhood remember it, Specially in Maktabs (in
India ,Pakistan Bangladesh) it is in their syllabus, so that a muslim child
become sound in Faith from beginning.
4. These Six Kalimas are from Quran and Hadith
but not present together at one place in any particular verse of Quran or
Hadith, Rather they are present as part of different verse of The Holy Quran
and authentic Ahadith. And these have been accepted by the salafus salehin
Scholar of Islam.
Some of the Sources of these
Kalima from Quran Hadith has been referenced here.
These have been compiled from various Verses
of The Holy Quran and Sahih Hadith.
Example:
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَمَثْوَاكُمْ (محمد: 19
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَمَثْوَاكُمْ (محمد: 19
مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ
(الفتح: 29
وَلَوْلاَ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ الكهف: 39).
وَلَوْلاَ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ الكهف: 39).
فلما علا عليها رجل
نادى فرفع صوته لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر.
Question: 11034
Pakistan
Assalam-o-alaikum,
Respected Sir, We learn and recite six Kalimas(Tayyab, Shahadat, Tamjeed,
Tauheed, Astaghfar, Raddi-kuffr) right from our childhood. All the mosques and
Ulamas recommend these 6 Kalimas. I want to know the origin of these 6 Kalimas?
Are these found in Qur'an or Hadith and where are they mentioned. Please tell
me the reference. Jazak ALLAH
Answer:
11034
Feb
28,2009
(Fatwa: 344/236=L/1430)
These six kalimahs are proved from
hadith:
Kalimah Tayyibah:
لما
خلق اللہ جنۃ عدن وھی أول ما خلق اللہ، قال لھا: تکلمي، قالت: لا إلہ إلا اللہ
محمد رسول اللہ (کنز العمال 1:43)
Kalimah Shahadah:
أشھد
ان لا إلہ إلا اللہ وأشھد أن محمداً عبدہ ورسولہ (البخاری 1:115)
Kalimah Tamjeed:
سبحان
اللہ، والحمد للہ، ولا إلہ إلا اللہ واللہ اکبر، وفي روایۃ ولا حول ولا قوۃ إلا
باللہ العلي العظیم (مسلم 2:345)
Kalimah Tauheed:
من
دخل السوق فقال: لا إلہ إلا اللہ وحدہ لا شریک لہ، لہ الملک ولہ والحمد، یحیي
ویمیت وھو علی کل شئ قدیر (ترمذي 2:181)
While Kalimah Istighfar is mentioned
in Bukhari 2:933, and
Kalimah Radd-e-Kufr is
mentioned in Musnad Imam Ahmad 5:451.
Allah (Subhana Wa
Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband
Darul Uloom Deoband
[Note: On internet I came
across some discussion questioning the authenticity of six Kalima and some
ignorant Muslims even claiming it to be bidah (Nauzubillah). Please don’t get
into these bad mannered people who are with little knowledge and much
misinformation]
5. The Six Kalimas are
1.Kalimah Tay-Yibah (The Good Word)
2.Kalimah Shahadah (The word of Testimony.)
3. Kalima Tamjeed (The
Word of Glorification of Allah)
4.Kalimah Tawheed (The word of Oneness of Allah)
5.Kalimah Istighfar (The word Ishtagfarmeans Forgiveness,
Penitence)
6.Kalima Rud-E-Kufr (The word Rud-e-Kuf rmeans Rejecting the
Disbelief)
The Tawheed and
greatness of Allah is strongly reflected in these Kalimah. The Kalimahs is to facilitate the easy
memorizing and learning of Aqeedah (beliefs). If one read it with sincerity
knowing its translation it gives a strong feeling of faith and increase iman on
Allah.
The six statements are
very much educational and helpful for a Muslim to understand Faith.
1. The first two are
basically declaration of faith, as a Muslim,
2. The next two describes
the Tawheed of Allah and his greatness and are very popular words
of remembrance (Azkar) of Allah
3. The next two glorify
Allah his greatness, Nullify Shirk and also are very nice supplications for
God's forgiveness. All or parts of these statements can be found in the Qur'an
or the Hadith.
Listed below are the Six
Kalmas its Arabic words Transliteration and Translation.
1.Kalimah Tay-Yibah (The Good Word) OrKalimah Tawheed (The Creed Of The Oneness Of Allah).
لآ
اِلَهَ اِلّا اللّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُوُل اللّهِ
LA
ILAHA IL-LAL-LAHU MUHAMMADUR-RASULUL-LAH.
(Trans: There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah)
This KALIMAH TAY-YIBAH (the good word) orKALIMAH TAWHEED (the creed of the Oneness of Allah) is the
basic creed of Islam. If someone reads the basic creed with heart. He/she
becomes Muslim. This includes all other Kalima, and all explanation
are inherently included in it.
2.Kalimah
Shahadah (The
word of Testimony.)
أَشْهَدُ
أنْ لا إلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ وَأشْهَدُ أنَّ مُحَمَّدًا
عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
ASH-HADU A(N)L-LAILAHA
IL-LAL-LAHU WA ASH-HADU AN-NA MUHAMM-MADAN'ABDUHU WA RASULUH.
(I bear testimony
that none is worthy of worship but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is the
servant and Messenger of Allah.)
3. Kalima Tamjeed (The Word of Glorification of Allah)
سُبْحَان اللهِ وَا
لْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ
إِلّااللّهُ وَاللّهُ أكْبَرُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ
الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْم
Subhan
Allahu, wal Hamdu lillahi, wa la illaha ilAllahu, wallahu Akbar. wa La hawla wa
la quwwata illa billah-al 'alii-al 'adheem
English Translation:
Glory be to Allah and Praise to Allah, and there
is no God But Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. And there is no Might or Power
except with Allah.
4.Kalimah
Tawheed (The word of Oneness of
Allah)
لا إلہ إلا اللہ وحدہ لا شریک لہ، لہ
الملک ولہ والحمد، یحیي ویمیت وھو علی کل شئ قدیر
La ilaha illAllahu Wahdahu La Shareeka lahu, lahulmulk, wa
lahulhamd, yuhyee wa yumeet, wa huwa hayy la yumoot abadan abada Dhul Jalaali
waal Ikram beyadihi alkhayr, wa huwa 'ala kulli Shay'in Qadeer
English Translation:
(There is) none worthy of worship except Allah.
He is only One. (There is) no partners for Him. For Him (is) the Kingdom. And
for Him (is) the Praise. He gives life and causes death. And He (is) Alive. He
will not die, never, ever. Possessor of Majesty and Reverence. In His hand (is)
the goodness. And He (is) the goodness. And He (is) on everything powerful.)
5.Kalimah Istighfar (The word Ishtagfarmeans Forgiveness, Penitence)
astaghfiru-llāha rabbī min kulli dhanbin adhnabtuhu amadan aw khaṭā an sirran wa alāniyyatan wa atūbu ilayhi
min adh-dhanbi-lladhī a lamu wa min adh-dhanbi-lladhī lā a lamu innaka anta allāmu-l-ghuyūbi wa sattāru
l-uyūbi wa ghaffāru dh-dhunūbi wa lāḥawla wa lā quwwata
illā bi-llāhi-l-alīyyi-l-aẓīm.
English Translation:
I seek forgiveness from
Allah, my Lord, from every sin I committed knowingly or unknowingly, secretly
or openly, and I turn towards Him from the sin that I know and from the sin
that I do not know. Certainly You, You (are) the knower of the hidden things
and the Concealer (of) the mistakes and the Forgiver (of) the sins. And (there
is) no power and no strength except from Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.
6.Kalima Rud-E-Kufr (The word Rud-e-Kufrmeans Rejecting the
Disbelief)
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
English Translation:
O Allah! Certainly I seek protection with You
from, that I associate partner with You anything and I know it. And I seek
forgiveness from You for that I do not know it. I repended from it and I made
myself free from disbelief and polytheism and the falsehood and the back-biting
and the innovation and the tell-tales and the bad deeds and the blame and the
disobedience, all of them. And I submit and I say (there is) none worthy of
worship except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
Aamantu… (I Believe………)
Scholars of Islam has given a short formula of creed (Aqeedah) which summarises the articles of faith, called the Āmantu (“I believe”).
IMAN-E-MUJMAL (The Summary
Declaration of Faith)
IMAN-E-MUFASSIL (The Detailed
Declaration of Faith)
Iman
Mujmal (Iman
in brief)
AMANTUBIL-LAHI KAMA HUWA BIASMA'IHI WA SIFATIHI
WA QABILTU JAMI'A AHKAMIHI.
Translation:
(I affirm my faith in Allah as He is with all
His Names and Attributes and I accept all of His Commands.)
Iman Mufassal (Iman in detail)?
AMANTU BIL-LAHI WA MALA'IKATIHI WA KUTUBIHI WA RUSULIHI
WALYAUKIL-AKHIR' WAL-QADRI KHAIRIHI WA SHAR-RIHI MINAL-LAHI TA'ALA WAL-BA'THI,
BA'DAL-MAUT.
Translation:
I affirm my faith in Allah, His angels, His
Books, His Messengers, the day of judgment, in that the fate good and bad is
predetermined by Allah and in coming to life after death (resurrection).
