Mufti Menk – The True Essence Of Islam

			In nalilahi wa inna Ilahi Raji on,
if you understand that statement
		

			and you say it correctly, Allah
will grant you the ability to go
		

			through what he has chosen for
you. And you always need to be
		

			happy at the decree of Allah.
		

			When a person converts to Islam
		

			or reverts to Islam,
		

			we make them utter the Shahada. We
make them say, Ash hadu, Allah,
		

			ILAHA, illallah, wa ashhadu, Anna,
Muhammadan, Rasulullah. I bear
		

			witness there is none worthy of
worship besides Allah. I bear
		

			witness that Muhammad, sallAllahu,
Sallam is the messenger of Allah.
		

			They say it by tongue.
		

			They should be believing it by
their heart. When they believe it
		

			by the heart, they are called the
min Iman. Notice when you say the
		

			pillars of Islam, people mention
the five pillars. These five
		

			pillars, they are easy to see
because they are more actions. So
		

			you have your utterance of the
shahada, you have your five daily
		

			prayers, you have your zakah, you
have your Psalm or fasting. People
		

			can see you're giving charity.
People can see you're abstaining
		

			from food, and people can see that
you've gone for Hajj. These are
		

			things that people can see that's
Islam. Islam to submit to Allah.
		

			You've submitted physically, but
has your heart submitted to Allah?