What is your opinion on the expression "service to Allah" as it came from Ibn Taymiyyah in his supplication for his mother, and likewise from Ibn al-Qayyim?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I read in a treatise written by the Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, to his mother. In it, he said: "From Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah to the happy mother, may Allah make her eyes content with His blessings and make her among His best female servants and attendants." What is your opinion on the expression "service to Allah"? Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, also used this phrase in *Madaraj al-Salikin*.

Answer:
Yes, it was the Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, who wrote it, and he was in prison when he wrote it to his mother. By "service," they mean worship; they mean worship. They do not mean service in the sense that the created being serves the Creator by fulfilling the needs of the one being served and acting on his behalf. No, the intended meaning of "service" here is worship.