God says:
Your God is the One God: there is no deity except Him,- Q2: 163
Muhammad is the Apostle of God. - Q48: 29
Prophet said:
1. (Anas reported that the Prophet told Mu’aaz) “Whoever testifies (with utmost sincerity at heart) that there is no deity but God and Muhammad is the Apostle of God, God will make hell unlawful for him.” Mu’aaz asked whether he should inform the people who would be happy to know. He said, “(No) as in that case they will sit idle.” Mu’aaz innocently communicated it at the time of his death. – H: Bukhari and Muslim.
2. “A Muslim, when he will be asked in the grave, will testify that there is no deity but God, and that Muhammad is the Apostle of God. That is because of the saying of God: ‘God will set those firm who sincerely believed in the establishment of (the holy) Word in the life of this world.’ ” – H: Bukhari, Muslim and others. N: Bara`a bin A’zeb.3.
“…. Acceptance* of Islam eliminates whatever (sin) was previously (committed)…” --H: Muslim. N: Amr bin al-‘Aas
*Acceptance takes place only after one sincerely testifies the Holy Words: LA ILAHA ILLALLAAHU MUHAMMADUR RASOOLULLAAH (pronounce ‘ U ’ as in the word ‘put’). It means: ‘ There is no deity except God and Muhammad is the Apostle of God.’
