He asks you about the most important ways that lead to sincerity?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih asks you about the most important ways that lead to sincerity?
Answer:
The greatest way that leads to sincerity is for a person to have knowledge of the rulings of worship: what makes it valid, what invalidates it, and what diminishes it. So he should have knowledge of the rulings of worship and perform the worship based on knowledge.
Among the causes of sincerity is keeping the greatness of Allah in mind and having the heart present with Allah. Hiding one’s deeds is also among the causes of sincerity; hiding one’s deeds from people is a cause of sincerity. As much as a person can hide his deeds from people, he should hide them. The deeds that are performed openly, such as congregational prayer, jihad in the path of Allah, and emigration, are deeds that are inherently open in nature. As for night prayer and charity, it is better to hide them. For this reason, the best prayer a person performs is in his home, except for the obligatory prayers. And Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Baqarah 2:271] what [Al-Baqarah 2:271].
The Prophet said:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Shaykh Salih asks you about the most important ways that lead to sincerity?
Answer:
The greatest way that leads to sincerity is for a person to have knowledge of the rulings of worship: what makes it valid, what invalidates it, and what diminishes it. So he should have knowledge of the rulings of worship and perform the worship based on knowledge.
Among the causes of sincerity is keeping the greatness of Allah in mind and having the heart present with Allah. Hiding one’s deeds is also among the causes of sincerity; hiding one’s deeds from people is a cause of sincerity. As much as a person can hide his deeds from people, he should hide them. The deeds that are performed openly, such as congregational prayer, jihad in the path of Allah, and emigration, are deeds that are inherently open in nature. As for night prayer and charity, it is better to hide them. For this reason, the best prayer a person performs is in his home, except for the obligatory prayers. And Allah the Exalted says:
If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good
إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّاthey are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allah, with what you do, is [fully] Acquainted.
هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌThe Prophet said:
(peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the seven whom Allah will shade with His shade on a day when there is no shade except His, among them is a man who gives charity so that his left hand does not know what his right hand has spent.
صلى الله عليه وسلم في السبعة الذين يظلهم الله في ظله يوم لا ظل إلا ظله ومنهم رجل تصدق بصدقة فأخفاها حتى لا تعلم شماله ما تنفق يمينه.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، يسألكم عن أهم الطرق المؤدية إلى الإخلاص؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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