Offering the reward of voluntary acts of worship
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on offering the reward of voluntary acts of worship, such as 'Umrah, reciting the Qur'an, and the like?
Answer:
Only what is supported by evidence may be offered. For example, supplication may be offered, charity may be offered, and Hajj or 'Umrah may be offered; there is nothing wrong with that. As for reciting the Qur'an and other acts of worship, that is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Najm 53:39]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on offering the reward of voluntary acts of worship, such as 'Umrah, reciting the Qur'an, and the like?
Answer:
Only what is supported by evidence may be offered. For example, supplication may be offered, charity may be offered, and Hajj or 'Umrah may be offered; there is nothing wrong with that. As for reciting the Qur'an and other acts of worship, that is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said:
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه السابع : أن اعتماد العبد على المخلوق وتوكله عليه يوجب له الضرر من جهته هو ولا بد — islamhouse.com (1:06:48)
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