If you do good to someone for the sake of Allah and he rewards you, does accepting this reward count as a deficiency in sincerity?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I do good to someone intending the Face of Allah, but the one I did good to wants to reward me, does accepting this reward count as a deficiency in sincerity?
Answer:
If he initiates this and you did not look for it, it does not count as a deficiency in sincerity, because you did not intend it; rather, he is the one who did this.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If I do good to someone intending the Face of Allah, but the one I did good to wants to reward me, does accepting this reward count as a deficiency in sincerity?
Answer:
If he initiates this and you did not look for it, it does not count as a deficiency in sincerity, because you did not intend it; rather, he is the one who did this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [322 /1350] إذا أحسنت إلى أحد لوجه الله فجازاني هل قبول هذا الجزاء يعد نقصا في الإخلاص؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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