Leaving off worship until one knows the benefit of its prescription
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people in this age do not perform any act of worship until they know what the benefit is of its being prescribed, even if it is established and authentic. They say that this is what Islam called for. Is that correct?
Answer:
This is an error, and we have answered this before. We said that there are acts of worship that are based on the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) specification, and we do not know their benefit. So we worship Allah with them even if we do not know their benefit.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people in this age do not perform any act of worship until they know what the benefit is of its being prescribed, even if it is established and authentic. They say that this is what Islam called for. Is that correct?
Answer:
This is an error, and we have answered this before. We said that there are acts of worship that are based on the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) specification, and we do not know their benefit. So we worship Allah with them even if we do not know their benefit.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-13- 03-1441هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:44)
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