The ruling on worship if the servant intends something other than Allah with it
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of sincerity? And if a servant intends something else with his worship, what is the ruling?
Answer:
If a person intends something other than the Face of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in his worship, then this is shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is shirk in worship. The Muslim should make his worship sincere for Allah alone. So worship, and worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, and worship[Ghafir 40:14]. Thus, ikhlas (sincerity) is leaving shirk and avoiding major and minor shirk, and that the intention is for the Face of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of sincerity? And if a servant intends something else with his worship, what is the ruling?
Answer:
If a person intends something other than the Face of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) in his worship, then this is shirk (associating partners with Allah); this is shirk in worship. The Muslim should make his worship sincere for Allah alone. So worship, and worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, and worship
Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it.
اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2082 - حكم العبادة إذا إذا أراد العبد بها غير الله - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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