The Difference Between the Guidance of Gratitude and the Guidance of Compensation
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Question:
This is Abu Sami, who has a set of questions about Hajj. He begins this question by asking about the difference between the Hady of Gratitude and the Hady of Compensation, and why they are called by these two names?
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The guidance of gratitude is the guidance of voluntary acts that a person performs voluntarily to draw near to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, without it being obligatory upon him. As for the guidance of compensation, it is obligatory due to the commission of a prohibited act or the omission of one of the obligatory acts of the pilgrimage. If any of that occurs from him, he compensates for it with a sacrificial animal as expiation for what happened, and therefore it is called the guidance of compensation.
It is based on two principles. The first principle is sincerity for Allah, so that there is no showing off, no seeking of reputation, and no associating partners with Allah. The second principle is following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so that there is no religious innovation or newly invented matter in it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1718b. In the narration of Sahih Muslim 1718a.
As for the condition of sincerity, Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:[Ghafir 40:14]. And He, the Exalted, said: [An-Nisa 4:36].
This is Abu Sami, who has a set of questions about Hajj. He begins this question by asking about the difference between the Hady of Gratitude and the Hady of Compensation, and why they are called by these two names?
Answer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَThe guidance of gratitude is the guidance of voluntary acts that a person performs voluntarily to draw near to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, without it being obligatory upon him. As for the guidance of compensation, it is obligatory due to the commission of a prohibited act or the omission of one of the obligatory acts of the pilgrimage. If any of that occurs from him, he compensates for it with a sacrificial animal as expiation for what happened, and therefore it is called the guidance of compensation.
It is based on two principles. The first principle is sincerity for Allah, so that there is no showing off, no seeking of reputation, and no associating partners with Allah. The second principle is following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so that there is no religious innovation or newly invented matter in it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردAs for the condition of sincerity, Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
So invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَWorship Allah and associate nothing with Him
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/144 — archive.org (0:58)
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