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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on intending worldly benefit alongside the intention of reward in righteous deeds

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Question:
What about seeking forgiveness and giving charity with the intention of otherworldly reward and worldly compensation, or worldly return, such as one who gives charity intending healing, or seeks forgiveness intending a child, for example, or sustenance, or the like?

Answer:
This is among the benefits. If one intends with the supplication and the deed that he intends the reward of Allah and intends the worldly benefit, there is no harm.
Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:201]
So if the original intention is that he intends the reward, and the worldly benefit follows it, such as
Whoever loves to be extended in his lifespanمن أحب أن ينسأ له في أجله
Sahih Ibn Hibban 6:132
and that reward is written for him, or something of this meaning, let him maintain his ties of kinship.
A person performs a deed, and the original intention is that he wants the reward of the Hereafter, and he also intends the reward of this world that follows it, and he uses it to help him in obeying Allah. There is no harm. The only thing to be wary of is not wanting anything but the world. That is what is to be avoided: not wanting anything from his deed but the world. That is what is to be avoided. And among them is
is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ
[Al-Baqarah 2:200]
, yes.
Source لقاء مع المعلمين بالطائف 1434هـ — alfawzan.live (29:01)

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