Worship for the sake of entering Paradise or for the sake of pleasing Allah
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Question:
We move on to another questioner, whose question is: Is it better for a person to worship his Lord for the sake of entering Paradise, or for the pleasure of Allah the Mighty and Majestic?
Answer:
For both. For the pleasure of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) first, and then also seeking to enter Paradise. So Paradise is a goal for which one works and desires; it is a great objective, but it is not attained except through obedience to Allah and the mercy of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
We move on to another questioner, whose question is: Is it better for a person to worship his Lord for the sake of entering Paradise, or for the pleasure of Allah the Mighty and Majestic?
Answer:
For both. For the pleasure of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) first, and then also seeking to enter Paradise. So Paradise is a goal for which one works and desires; it is a great objective, but it is not attained except through obedience to Allah and the mercy of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى ليوم الأربعاء 1439/08/23هــ — youtube.com (7:53)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.