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Icy Maiden
The following is not my personal opinion. Man mata wa huwa ya`lamu annahu La ilaha illallah dakhala al-janna. "Whoever dies knowing full well that there is no god but Allah, enters Paradise." - Narrated by Muslim and Ahmad from `Uthman.
But your interpretation of it is. That hadeeth said the person will enter paradise, but it doesn't say that they won't enter hell first for any sins and lapses they committed, before being taken out of hell and entering paradise. We cannot base our stance on one hadeeth in isolation. We know from the ahadeeth and from the Prophets ascension to heaven, that Muslims will enter hell for various sins, even though they did not commit shirk.
These saheeh ahadeeth are worth noting:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet (:saws:) said, "When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed to be taken out from Hell. So they will be taken out but (by then) they will be blackened (charred). Then they will be put in the river of Haya' (rain) or Hayat (life) (the Narrator is in doubt as to which is the right term), and they will revive like a grain that grows near the bank of a flood channel. Don't you see that it comes out yellow and twisted"
Sahih al-Bukhari
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 22
In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 15
http://www.sunnah.com/bukhari/2/15
It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Khudri said:
"The Messenger of Allah (:saws:) said: 'When Allah has saved the believers from Hell and they are safe, none of you will dispute with his companion more vehemently for some right of his in this world than the believers will dispute with their Lord on behalf of their brothers in faith who have entered Hell. They will say: " Our Lord! They are our brothers, they used to pray with us, fast with us and perform Hajj with us, and you have admitted them to Hell." He will say: "Go and bring forth those whom you recognize among them." So they will come to them , and they will recognize them by their faces. The Fire will not consume their faces, although there will be some whom the Fire will seize halfway up their shins, and others whom it will seize up to their ankles. They will bring them forth, and will say. "Our Lord, we have brought forth those whom You commanded us to bring forth." Then He will say: "Bring forth those who have a Dinar's weight of faith in their hearts, then those who have half a Dinar's weight in their hearts, then those who have a mustard-seed's weight." Abu Sa'eed said. :"He who does not believe this, let him recite, 'Surely, Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom (or a small ant), but is there is any good (done), He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward.'" (Sahih)
Sunan Ibn Majah
English reference : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 60
Arabic reference : Book 1, Hadith 63
http://www.sunnah.com/urn/1250600
The Prophet :saws: taught us dua for being saved from the hell-fire. If, as Muslims who profess belief in one God alone, we were going straight to paradise by virtue of that belief, such a dua would be unnecessary.
The Qur'an many times warns sternly against disobeying Allah and the Prophet :saws: , and also refers to those who believe AND do good deeds.