Consider this hadith on the value that Allah the Exalted placed on “La iláha illalláh”:
Hadith:
Abu Sa`eed al-Khudri (RadiAllahu anhu) said: that the Messenger of Allah (Sallellahu alaihi wa sallam) said:
“Musa (Alayhi salaam) said: ‘O Lord! Teach me something that I can remember You with and I can supplicate You with.’ Allah said:“Say ‘La ilaha ill Allah’, O Musa.” He (Musa) said: ‘All of your servants say this.’ He (Allah) said: “If the seven Heavens and those who dwell in them other than Me and the seven Earths are put into one pan (of the scale) and ‘La ilaha ill Allah’ is put into the other; ‘La ilaha ill Allah’ would be heavier.”
[Ibn Hibbaan and Haakim]
Hadith:
The Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alayhi wa salam) said (narrated by Jabir bin `Abdullah (r.a.)):
“The best Dhikr (remembering Allah) is ‘La ilaha illallah’ and the best supplication is ‘Al-Hamdu Lillah’.”
[At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah]
Let’s ensure that we never forget to make the letters La ilaha illallah a constant part of our living moments and to live by what those letters stand for. Remember, our success in this life and the hereafter is all tied to ‘La ilaha illallah.’