The Ruling on Seeking Both This World and the Hereafter Through Good Deeds
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person seeks both this world and the hereafter through his good deeds, equally, such as the call to prayer and leading the prayer, what is the ruling in that, and what is the principle?
Answer:
The default is the hereafter. If he intends the hereafter and makes this world a means to it, using it to help him, there is nothing wrong with that. This world is a mount for the hereafter. As for the opposite, if he wants this world and makes the hereafter a means to this world, doing the deeds of the hereafter in order to gain something from this world, that is what Allah spoke of in[Hud 11:15-16].
The criterion is the intention. If his intention is the abode of the hereafter, or if he takes this world as a means to it, using it to help him toward the hereafter, that is praiseworthy. But if he wants this world and makes the hereafter a means, making the deeds of the hereafter a means to obtain this world, that is the blameworthy one.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person seeks both this world and the hereafter through his good deeds, equally, such as the call to prayer and leading the prayer, what is the ruling in that, and what is the principle?
Answer:
The default is the hereafter. If he intends the hereafter and makes this world a means to it, using it to help him, there is nothing wrong with that. This world is a mount for the hereafter. As for the opposite, if he wants this world and makes the hereafter a means to this world, doing the deeds of the hereafter in order to gain something from this world, that is what Allah spoke of in
(15) Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived. (16) Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَThe criterion is the intention. If his intention is the abode of the hereafter, or if he takes this world as a means to it, using it to help him toward the hereafter, that is praiseworthy. But if he wants this world and makes the hereafter a means, making the deeds of the hereafter a means to obtain this world, that is the blameworthy one.
Source
إرادة الإنسان بعمله الصالح الدنيا والآخرة — alfawzan.live
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