How can my movements, actions, and entire life be for Allah alone, even during work hours, sleep hours, and rest hours?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. How can all my movements and actions be on the scale of my good deeds? I want my entire life to be for Allah alone, including work hours, sleep hours, and rest hours. What do you advise me to do? May Allah bless us through you.
Answer:
Your movements and actions become worship if you intend by them the Face of Allah. You intend by your eating to strengthen yourself for the obedience of Allah, and you intend by your sleep to strengthen yourself for standing in night prayer, and so on. You intend by your spending on your family to keep them chaste from people, and you intend by coming to your wife to keep yourself chaste and keep your wife chaste. This revolves around the intention. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1 Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. How can all my movements and actions be on the scale of my good deeds? I want my entire life to be for Allah alone, including work hours, sleep hours, and rest hours. What do you advise me to do? May Allah bless us through you.
Answer:
Your movements and actions become worship if you intend by them the Face of Allah. You intend by your eating to strengthen yourself for the obedience of Allah, and you intend by your sleep to strengthen yourself for standing in night prayer, and so on. You intend by your spending on your family to keep them chaste from people, and you intend by coming to your wife to keep yourself chaste and keep your wife chaste. This revolves around the intention. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف تكون حركاتي وأفعالي وحياتي كلها لله وحده حتى ساعات العمل، وساعات النوم، وساعات الراحة؟ الفوزان — youtube.com
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