When discussing the first pillar (rukn) of Islam, scholars usually tend to pay all their attention to the concept of monotheism or tawhid. Tawhid is, no doubt, a very important principle of ‘slam and the most supreme value in its religious structure. In this paper, however, we would like to discuss the notion of Shahadah or”bearing witness”as an element of faith in Islamic life.
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