Working to Obtain the Worldly Reward Associated with Deeds
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Many hadiths have been reported regarding the reward and recompense for one who performs a deed, that he will be rewarded for it in this world. For example, whoever recites the Verse of the Throne, it causes protection for him from Shaytan. Also, it is narrated: “Treat your sick with charity,” and that supplication averts the decree. Is working to obtain this reward considered working for the world, such that it is not permissible?
Answer:
If he intends only this, he has no reward. But if he intends obedience and worship, and the blessing of worship and what is attained through it, then that is a good thing.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Many hadiths have been reported regarding the reward and recompense for one who performs a deed, that he will be rewarded for it in this world. For example, whoever recites the Verse of the Throne, it causes protection for him from Shaytan. Also, it is narrated: “Treat your sick with charity,” and that supplication averts the decree. Is working to obtain this reward considered working for the world, such that it is not permissible?
Answer:
If he intends only this, he has no reward. But if he intends obedience and worship, and the blessing of worship and what is attained through it, then that is a good thing.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب العتق — islamhouse.com (57:33)
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