Q 19: What Are The Conditions Of Shahadah (Bearing Witness That There Is No God But Allah) That Must Be Fulfilled By The One Who Pronounces It?

Q 19: What are the conditions of Shahadah (Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah) that must be fulfilled by the one who pronounces it?

A--- They are seven:

First: to know its meaning (what it affirms and negates).

Second: To have absolute Faith in it at heart.

Third: To believe in it publicly and secretly.

Fourth: To accept it and not to reject any of its necessities or requirements.

Fifth: To purify one's intention in its regard.

Sixth: To believe in it from one's deepest heart and not only by tongue.

Seventh: To have passion for it and for its adherents and to take friends and enemies only according to its very criteria.