The Kalima ‘La ilaaha Ilallah’ has an alchemy effect : It changes a Jahannami into a Jannati; it changes one who was hated into one who is now loved; it changes the lowest into the highest. SubhanAllah.

By Hazrat Maulana Abdul Hamid Ishaq DB

On the authority of Abu Abdurahmaan Abdullah, the son of Umar ibn Al-Khattab (ra), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, Muhammed (saw) say: Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the Salaah (prayer), paying the Zakah (obligatory charity), making the Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House, and fasting in Ramadan.

(Sahih Bukhari and Muslim)

Thus, when choosing a Shaykh, consider the Shaykh who is learned, practical on his knowledge, pious, trained and experienced in the field of Islaah and Tazkiya, and acknowledged by the Ulama-e-Haq as one who is truly Sahib-eNisbat and Waliullah. It is through attaching oneself to such a Shaykh, that the Saalik will acquire value.