The Ruling on Seeking Nearness to Allah Through Good Deeds in Supplication
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is taking good deeds as a means in supplication considered one of the impermissible means?
Answer:
No, Allah commanded us to call upon Him with our deeds, to seek nearness to Him through our deeds,[Al-Ma'idah 5:35], and the means is the obedience that brings one closer to Allah; it is called a means because it brings one closer to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Good deeds are a means to Allah, Exalted is He. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is taking good deeds as a means in supplication considered one of the impermissible means?
Answer:
No, Allah commanded us to call upon Him with our deeds, to seek nearness to Him through our deeds,
and seek the means [of nearness] to Him
وَابْتَغُوا إِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن تلاعبه وكيده : تلاعبه بالثنوية — islamhouse.com (32:24)
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