The Importance of Sincerity in Acts of Worship and Deeds
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I hope you will speak to us at the beginning of this episode about the importance of sincerity in deeds, and the effect of that on the life of the Muslim. Is sincerity associated only with acts of worship, or is it in all deeds?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. All acts of obedience and righteous deeds are not accepted except with two conditions. The first condition is sincerity to Allah the Exalted and Majestic in them, so that there is no shirk (associating partners with Allah) in them, neither major nor minor, and that they are intended for the Face of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The second condition is that these deeds conform to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), containing no bid'ah (religious innovation) or invention for which there is no evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. This is sincerity in acts of worship. Likewise, sincerity in worldly deeds, such as sincerity in contracts, sincerity in construction, and the worker’s sincerity in the work for which he was entrusted, and so on. Sincerity and the absence of deception are required in all of this; there must be no deception in the work. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I hope you will speak to us at the beginning of this episode about the importance of sincerity in deeds, and the effect of that on the life of the Muslim. Is sincerity associated only with acts of worship, or is it in all deeds?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. All acts of obedience and righteous deeds are not accepted except with two conditions. The first condition is sincerity to Allah the Exalted and Majestic in them, so that there is no shirk (associating partners with Allah) in them, neither major nor minor, and that they are intended for the Face of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The second condition is that these deeds conform to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), containing no bid'ah (religious innovation) or invention for which there is no evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. This is sincerity in acts of worship. Likewise, sincerity in worldly deeds, such as sincerity in contracts, sincerity in construction, and the worker’s sincerity in the work for which he was entrusted, and so on. Sincerity and the absence of deception are required in all of this; there must be no deception in the work. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/298 — archive.org (0:53)
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