Shahadat In The Present Era
Shahada is not the only higher rank in Deen. One may become Siddique, as the following verse goes: وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ ۚ وَحَسُنَ أُولَٰئِكَ رَفِيقًا [Tell them:] Those who obey God and His Messenger, it is they who shall dwell with those whom God has bestowed with favour: the prophets, the truthful, the witnesses and the righteous. [129] How good are these companions! (4:69)