notes from Key to Paradise - by Hassan Somali (31/10/25 @ Cardiff University)

Key to Paradise -

 by Hassan Somali (31/10/25 @ Cardiff University)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

 

Notes 

The key to paradise is لا إله إلا الله

We ask Allah for Jannah and seek protection from the hellfire.

Book of Funerals by Bukhari (1^st Chapter)

Narrated Mu’adh bin Jabal :

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone's last words are "There is no god but Allah" he will enter Paradise.

(Sunan Abi Dawud 3116)

So لا إله إلا الله is the key to paradise according to the Qur’an and Sunnah – however every key has ridges  - if you have the correct ridges, the door will open.

Those ridges are the 7 conditions of لا إله إلا الله

The first Condition: al-Ilm – Knowledge

The Second Condition: Al-Yaqeen – Certainty

Third Condition: al-Qabool – Acceptance

Fourth Condition: Al-Inqiyaad – Submission & Obedience

Fifth Condition: Sidq – Truthfulness

Sixth Condition:: Al-Ikhlaas – Sincerity

Seventh Condition: Al-Muhabbah – Love

 

You have to implement it and mean it:

لا إله إلا الله – ‘There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah

 

More than this, no one is to be worshipped or prostrated to except Allah

لا إله إلا الله – It is the first and last obligation

You say the shahadah to enter into Islam and it should be your last words

It is the 1^st pillar of Islam an without this, you are not a Muslim

Noone who dies upon La ilaha illlah will not be in the hellfire forever

 

If you die upon shirk – you will NOT enter paradise

Narrated Anas: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever said "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a barley grain will be taken out of Hell. And whoever said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a wheat grain will be taken out of Hell. And whoever said, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of an atom will be taken out of Hell".

Sahih al-Bukhari 44 (Book 2, Hadith 37)

Shirk is the worst sin and will not be forgiven

A major sin less that shirk, you are under the will of Allah

 

In the hadith 34, 40 Hadith Qudsi.

On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Allah the Almighty said: O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it

. It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound.

 

It is a very good ending to die upon La ilalah illah.

Good book is The disease and its cure – Ibn Qayyim

 

La ilaha illlah removes stress – It gives you a way out – tawfeek

Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him) was in 3 layers of darkness

The dua that Yunus said when he was in the whale. If you use this dua, Allah will answer

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

There is no god but You. Pure are You. Indeed I was among the wrongdoers.

 

Those most tested amongst the people were the Prophets.

 

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah will distinguish a man from my Ummah before all of creation on the Day of Judgement. Ninety-nine scrolls will be laid out for him, each scroll is as far as the eye can see, then He will say: 'Do you deny any of this? Have those who recorded this wronged you?' He will say: 'No, O Lord!' He will say: Do you have an excuse?' He will say: 'No, O Lord!' So He will say: 'Rather you have a good deed with us, so you shall not be wronged today." Then He will bring out a card (Bitaqah); on it will be: "I testify to La Ilaha Illallah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger." He will say: 'Bring your scales.' He will say: 'O Lord! What good is this card next to these scrolls?' He will say: 'You shall not be wronged.' He said: 'The scrolls will be put on a pan (of the scale), and the card on (the other) pan: the scrolls will be light, and the card will be heavy, nothing is heavier than the Name of Allah.'"

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2639

 

لا إله إلا الله – is the best form of dhikr

 

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said," Whoever says: "La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahul- hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shai'in qadir," one hundred times will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he."

 

Sahih al-Bukhari 6403