How does the Muslim achieve the mindfulness of Allah the Exalted?
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Question:
May Allah reward you and reward you with good. This questioner says: How does the Muslim achieve taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) in his religion and his worldly life?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Taqwa is achieved by two things. The first thing. The first thing is knowing the truth.
The second thing is acting upon it, with sincerity to Allah Mighty and Majestic in everything one says and does, so that the action conforms to what Allah has prescribed, and the intention is pure for the face of Allah Mighty and Majestic, as He the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:112]. [Al-Baqarah 2:62]. So he submitted his face to Allah; this is the sincerity, and he is a muhsin, meaning one who follows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Through this, the realization of good and acceptance, and following, and conformity to what Allah Glorified and Exalted is He has prescribed, is achieved. And this becomes the foundation of his righteous work, which is accepted by Allah Glorified and Exalted is He.
So he does not act without sincerity, but rather for showing off and seeking fame, or for the desire of this world. And he does not act with bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters.
Which Allah and His Messenger have not prescribed, but rather he acts with what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed, and through this, every good and every blessing is realized for the Muslim. And this is the religion of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) which He left us upon. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3788Sahih (Darussalam)
May Allah reward you and reward you with good. This questioner says: How does the Muslim achieve taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) in his religion and his worldly life?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Taqwa is achieved by two things. The first thing. The first thing is knowing the truth.
The second thing is acting upon it, with sincerity to Allah Mighty and Majestic in everything one says and does, so that the action conforms to what Allah has prescribed, and the intention is pure for the face of Allah Mighty and Majestic, as He the Exalted said:
Yes [on the contrary], whoever submits his face in Islam to Allah while being a doer of good
بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌwill have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.
فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَSo he does not act without sincerity, but rather for showing off and seeking fame, or for the desire of this world. And he does not act with bid'ah (religious innovations) and newly invented matters.
Which Allah and His Messenger have not prescribed, but rather he acts with what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed, and through this, every good and every blessing is realized for the Muslim. And this is the religion of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) which He left us upon. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, I am leaving among you, that which if you hold fast to them
إني تارك فيكم ما إن تمسكتم بهyou will not go astray after me: the Book of Allah and my Sunnah.
لن تضلوا بعدي كتاب الله وسنتي.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2887- بماذا يحقق المسلم تقوى الله تعالى؟ | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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