What is the ruling on working without sincerity?
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The questioner:
He asks: Is one rewarded for doing a good deed, but not intending it for Allah, such as giving charity to a poor person for the sake of helping him?
The Shaykh:
How can it be a good deed, but not what?
The questioner:
But he does not intend it to be for Allah.
The Shaykh:
If he does not intend it to be for Allah, and it is a good deed? It is not a good deed; this is for this world, a deed for this world.
He asks: Is one rewarded for doing a good deed, but not intending it for Allah, such as giving charity to a poor person for the sake of helping him?
The Shaykh:
How can it be a good deed, but not what?
The questioner:
But he does not intend it to be for Allah.
The Shaykh:
If he does not intend it to be for Allah, and it is a good deed? It is not a good deed; this is for this world, a deed for this world.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم العمل بدون إخلاص؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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