How to submit to Allah through obedience and sincerity in worship
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Question:
Yes, we begin this session with Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih with what the brother sent. He says: How is submission to Allah the Exalted achieved through obedience and sincerity in worship to Him alone? And how does the Muslim apply the saying of Allah Mighty and Majestic:[An-Nisa 4:125]
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, submission to Allah Glorified and Exalted is completed by following His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as in His saying:[Al-Baqarah 2:112] “He who submits his face to Allah.” This contains sincerity in creed, sincerity in intention, and sincerity in speech and action. And he is a doer of good, meaning one who follows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So these two conditions are necessary: sincerity to Allah and following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). If one is not sincere to Allah, he is one who associates partners with Allah. If he does not follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he is an innovator. And Allah Glorified and Exalted does not accept either shirk (associating partners with Allah) or bid'ah (religious innovation); rather, both are rejected from the servant. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you and reward you.
Yes, we begin this session with Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih with what the brother sent. He says: How is submission to Allah the Exalted achieved through obedience and sincerity in worship to Him alone? And how does the Muslim apply the saying of Allah Mighty and Majestic:
And who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allah while being a doer of good and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth? And Allah took Abraham as an intimate friend.
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَاتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَاتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًاAnswer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, submission to Allah Glorified and Exalted is completed by following His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as in His saying:
Yes [on the contrary], whoever submits his face in Islam to Allah while being a doer of good
بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌThe presenter:
May Allah bless you and reward you.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 04 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:12)
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