Is one who is content with performing the obligatory acts considered among those who are the awliya (close friends of Allah)?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is one who is content with performing the obligatory acts considered among those who are the awliya (close friends of Allah)?
The Shaykh:
And if he is content
The questioner:
with performing the obligatory acts.
The Shaykh:
As previously mentioned, the believers are in three categories[Fatir 35:32]. The one who is moderate is the one who limits himself to performing the obligatory duties and avoiding what is forbidden, or limits himself to performing what is obligatory and avoiding what is forbidden; this is the moderate one. He is higher in rank than the one who is unjust to himself, who has fallen into some of the major sins that are less than shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is the one who is unjust to himself. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is one who is content with performing the obligatory acts considered among those who are the awliya (close friends of Allah)?
The Shaykh:
And if he is content
The questioner:
with performing the obligatory acts.
The Shaykh:
As previously mentioned, the believers are in three categories
and among them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds
فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [81 -858] هل من اكتفى بأداء الفرائض يعد من الذي هم من أولياء الله؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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