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Reminding the dying person

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لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

Transliteration

La ilaha illallah

English meaning

There is no deity except Allah.

When is it recited?

The dying person is gently reminded of the testimony of faith.

Its virtue

Whoever's last words are 'La ilaha illallah' will enter Paradise.

Source

Muslim, Jana'iz 1, 916; Abu Dawud, Jana'iz 16, 3117

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