The ruling on saying: “Do not worship Allah until He gives you”
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Question:
We move on to another question, may Allah preserve you. This questioner says: What is the authenticity of the saying, “Do not worship Allah until He gives you, but worship Him until He is pleased. If He is pleased, He will astonish you with His giving and be generous with His bounty to you?”
Answer:
This is from the words of the Sufis. They say, “We do not worship Allah out of fear of His Fire, nor out of hope for His Paradise, but rather we worship Him because we love Him.” This is a defective belief. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is worshipped seeking His pleasure and His forgiveness, He is worshipped out of fear of Him, and He is worshipped with hope for His reward. These matters are necessary. He is also worshipped out of love for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He). The worship of the Most Merciful is the ultimate of His love combined with humility. The worshiper is two poles upon which the orbit of worship revolves; it revolves until the two poles are established, and its orbit is by the command of the command of His Messenger, not by desire, the self, and Satan, as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says in al-Nuniyyah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
We move on to another question, may Allah preserve you. This questioner says: What is the authenticity of the saying, “Do not worship Allah until He gives you, but worship Him until He is pleased. If He is pleased, He will astonish you with His giving and be generous with His bounty to you?”
Answer:
This is from the words of the Sufis. They say, “We do not worship Allah out of fear of His Fire, nor out of hope for His Paradise, but rather we worship Him because we love Him.” This is a defective belief. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is worshipped seeking His pleasure and His forgiveness, He is worshipped out of fear of Him, and He is worshipped with hope for His reward. These matters are necessary. He is also worshipped out of love for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He). The worship of the Most Merciful is the ultimate of His love combined with humility. The worshiper is two poles upon which the orbit of worship revolves; it revolves until the two poles are established, and its orbit is by the command of the command of His Messenger, not by desire, the self, and Satan, as Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says in al-Nuniyyah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/274 — archive.org (6:34)
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