Achieving Sincerity for Allah and Following the Messenger in Worship
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Question:
Adam Muhammad, a resident of the Kingdom, asks: How does the heart become pure in its sincerity for Allah, and how do the limbs become pure in their following of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so that the Muslim achieves pure servitude to Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? And in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)[Al-Furqan 25:68] [Al-Furqan 25:68], is achieving this also part of sincerity in worship to Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory to be sincere to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in this and in the other types of worship that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has legislated for His servants so that they may draw near to Him through them, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Adh-Dhariyat 51:56] He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Az-Zumar 39:2] [Az-Zumar 39:2] This is the sound methodology that leads to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), which is sincerity to Allah in worship, and that the worship be in accordance with the Shari'ah, free from religious innovations (bid'ah). The deed is to be pure for Allah, free from associating partners with Allah (shirk), and in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), free from innovations and newly invented matters.
His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 1718a means that it is rejected. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) Sahih Muslim 1718b means that it is rejected and not accepted by Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Adam Muhammad, a resident of the Kingdom, asks: How does the heart become pure in its sincerity for Allah, and how do the limbs become pure in their following of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so that the Muslim achieves pure servitude to Allah (Mighty and Majestic)? And in His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He)
And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّand do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.
وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًاAnswer:
Yes, it is obligatory to be sincere to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in this and in the other types of worship that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has legislated for His servants so that they may draw near to Him through them, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِSo worship Allah, [being] sincere
فَاعْبُدِ اللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا[being] sincere to Him in religion.
مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ الدِّينَHis saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
'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 ردHe 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 ردThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 04 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:25)
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