Is it permissible for a person to intentionally perform an act of worship in a manner that is difficult for him?

Question : Does a person intentionally perform an act of worship in a manner that is difficult for him?

Answer : Or does he perform it in the easier manner? Which of the two is closer to the objectives of the Shari'ah? The second one. Therefore, if a man is in the desert and the time for the Fajr prayer arrives, and he has two waters, one cold and the other hot, and he says, "I want to perform wudu with the cold water so that I may attain the perfection of wudu in the face of hardship," while the other says, "I want to perform wudu with the hot water so that I align with the intent of Allah in the Shari'ah, where He said: Which of the two is more correct? The second one. The second one.
The second one. Is there any disagreement in the consensus? Yes, indeed. The second one is undoubtedly the one that conforms to the Shari'ah, because the cause of performing wudu in the face of hardship is not intended to mean that a person should deliberately seek out what is disliked. The intent is that if wudu cannot be performed except with something disliked, then he performs it. That is its meaning. Otherwise, we would say: perform Hajj on your feet. Walk from Afghanistan to Makkah on your feet. If you do not do so, then in a broken-down car. You walk a little and stop often. Why? Because it is more difficult. If you cannot do that, then? No, take a moving car. If you cannot do that, take a plane. Is that correct? No. Which is better? The plane, because it is easier and simpler. When planes first came out, we were young, and when they first appeared, it was said that Hajj by plane is half the cost of Hajj, and by car is half the cost of Hajj. Yes, and we do not follow the sayings of the elders. In any case, the point is that bringing about ease is what conforms to the spirit of the religion. From this, we know that if two scholars differ in opinion and it is not clear to us which of their two statements is stronger, neither in terms of the evidence, nor in terms of the reasoning, nor in terms of the one who reasons, and it is not clear to us which is stronger, neither in terms of the evidence, nor the reasoning, nor the reasoner, and they are all trustworthy scholars in our view regarding their knowledge and their trustworthiness, and the evidence is not clear, and the reasoning is likewise, but their opinions differ, one being stricter than the other, as we agree, then the easier one, the easier one.
The easier one, not the stricter one? The easier one, the easier one. Yes, the easier one. It is said that the stricter one is better because it is more cautious, but there is a consideration in this opinion, because we ask: what is more cautious? Is it the stricter one for mankind, or is it what is more in accordance with the Shari'ah? The second one, what is more in accordance with the Shari'ah. And the easier one is what is more in accordance with the Shari'ah. Yes.