If a person wants to start a worldly project, he researches and plans for its success. So what is the guidance for one who wants to
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May Allah reward you with good. People pay great attention to all their affairs, Shaykh Salih. When a person wants to start a collective project, he seeks out consultants, planners, and engineers, and spends large sums of money so that the project will be successful to a certain degree. So what is the guidance of Shaykh Salih for one who wants to undertake a project of worship for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He? The matter is as you mentioned, because
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people care about their worldly affairs, such that if one of them wants to establish a project, he does not proceed with it until he knows the dimensions of this project and its plans, and how to establish it in the correct manner, fearing that he might make a mistake and suffer a financial loss.
If this is the case in worldly matters, then the matter of religion is more deserving of attention and more obligatory. A person should not proceed with worship until he learns how to perform it in the correct manner, so that it is not an invalid worship, and so that he does not receive a reward from it. For if worship is done out of ignorance, it is not accepted. The worker’s deed, if it is without evidence and not in accordance with the Shari'ah, is misguidance; he has no reward in it, but rather there is sin in it.
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has explained to us the rulings of worship and detailed them. So it is up to us to care about seeking and knowing them through the means that guarantee this, by reading books and treatises, by asking the people of knowledge, and by striving to apply the Sunnah in performing acts of worship so that they are valid and beneficial. A person should not gamble with any of the deeds by which he draws near to Allah in a manner that is not correct, not in a Shari'ah manner, for this deed will become a burden upon him and a toil without benefit. Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
May Allah reward you with good. People pay great attention to all their affairs, Shaykh Salih. When a person wants to start a collective project, he seeks out consultants, planners, and engineers, and spends large sums of money so that the project will be successful to a certain degree. So what is the guidance of Shaykh Salih for one who wants to undertake a project of worship for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He? The matter is as you mentioned, because
Answer:
people care about their worldly affairs, such that if one of them wants to establish a project, he does not proceed with it until he knows the dimensions of this project and its plans, and how to establish it in the correct manner, fearing that he might make a mistake and suffer a financial loss.
If this is the case in worldly matters, then the matter of religion is more deserving of attention and more obligatory. A person should not proceed with worship until he learns how to perform it in the correct manner, so that it is not an invalid worship, and so that he does not receive a reward from it. For if worship is done out of ignorance, it is not accepted. The worker’s deed, if it is without evidence and not in accordance with the Shari'ah, is misguidance; he has no reward in it, but rather there is sin in it.
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has explained to us the rulings of worship and detailed them. So it is up to us to care about seeking and knowing them through the means that guarantee this, by reading books and treatises, by asking the people of knowledge, and by striving to apply the Sunnah in performing acts of worship so that they are valid and beneficial. A person should not gamble with any of the deeds by which he draws near to Allah in a manner that is not correct, not in a Shari'ah manner, for this deed will become a burden upon him and a toil without benefit. Yes, may Allah reward you with good.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا ما أراد الإنسان أن يبدأ بمشروع دنيوي بحث وخطط لأجل إنجاح المشروع،، فما هو التوجيه لمن أراد أن.. — youtube.com
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