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Brother, Please help me to read kalima e taiyyab? How do i give shahadat of allah and rasool, which evidence does support to this fact? 

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Kalima shahadaah testimony

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: Please help me to read kalima e taiyyab?

The literal meaning of the term ‘Kalima’ is a ‘word’, and ‘taiyyab’ means ‘good’; thus ‘kalima taiyyaba’ would mean any ‘good word’….but when used in the Islamic context, the ‘Al-Kalima at-Taiyyaba’ would mean ‘The Goodly Words’:

Laa ilaaha illalaah, Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah

(Translation: ‘There is absolutely no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and Mohamed (saws) is the Messenger of Allah.’)

Your Question: How do i give shahadat of allah and rasool, which evidence does support to this fact? 

To give ‘shahaadah’ or testify to the Truth of Allah and His Messenger (saws), and a statement which is considered the very testimony and a declaration of faith in the deen of Islam is:

Ash-hado anna laa ilaaha illalaah, wa ash-hado anna Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah.

(Translation: ‘I bear witness that there is absolutely no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that Mohamed (saws) is the Messenger of Allah.’)

When one makes or declares the above statement or profession of ‘faith’ and bears witness that there is absolutely no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and that Mohamed (saws) is the Messenger of Allah…..one enters into a solemn covenant with the Lord Creator encompassing the six fundamentals or essentials of belief:

1. Belief in the Absolute Oneness and Uniqueness of the Lord Creator, Allah Subhanah.
2. Belief in the appointment of all the Prophets of Allah, culminating in the belief that Prophet Mohamed (saws) is the Last and Final Messenger of Allah and the ‘seal’ of the office of Prophethood.
3. Belief in all the previous Revelations of Allah Subahnah, culminating in the belief that the Glorious Quran is the Last and Final Revelation of the Lord Most High.
4. Belief in all the Angels of Allah Subhanah.
5. Belief in the concept of the Hereafter: Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell Fire.
6. Belief in the concept of ‘Qadr’ or the Divine Decrees of the Lord Who Created.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan