Is a person's intention to seek worldly gain through his deeds a form of hidden shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says in the book of Tawhid, in the chapter on shirk, regarding a person's intention to seek worldly gain through his deeds: Your Eminence mentioned that this is hidden shirk because it is shirk in the intention and purpose.
Answer:
There is no doubt. Yes. People do not know. People do not know. One acts, and people do not know. No one knows this except Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says in the book of Tawhid, in the chapter on shirk, regarding a person's intention to seek worldly gain through his deeds: Your Eminence mentioned that this is hidden shirk because it is shirk in the intention and purpose.
Answer:
There is no doubt. Yes. People do not know. People do not know. One acts, and people do not know. No one knows this except Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [161 -521] هل إرادة الإنسان بعمله الدنيا من الشرك الخفي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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