Is it to be ruled that whoever dies and is unable to pronounce the Two Testimonies when prompted has met an evil end?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no doubt that uttering the two testimonies (Shahadatayn) at the time of death is one of the signs of a good ending, due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever's last words are 'La ilaha illa Allah' (There is no god but Allah) will enter Paradise." However, the absence of signs of a good ending does not indicate a bad one. Therefore, one cannot definitively conclude that someone who did not utter the two testimonies at death had a bad ending, for knowledge of that is with Allah alone.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/160006
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 160006
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy