The Difference Between Custom and Worship
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
To proceed: This is the final session of the Open Door for the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, 1415 AH. This session used to take place every week on Thursday. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make this work sincere for His face, in accordance with His pleasure, and to benefit us all with what He has taught us. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
What is the difference between custom and worship? And if the motive for worship is showing off, what is the ruling? May Allah reward you with good.
The Difference Between Custom and Worship: Worship is what Allah and His Messenger have commanded as a means of drawing near to Allah and seeking His reward. As for custom, it is what people have become accustomed to among themselves, such as food, drink, dwellings, clothing, vehicles, transactions, and the like.
And there is another difference: The other difference is that the original ruling for acts of worship is prohibition and being forbidden, until evidence establishes that they are acts of worship.because of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Surah al-Shura: 21]. As for customs, the original ruling is permissibility, except for what evidence has prohibited. Accordingly, if people become accustomed to something and some people say to them: This is forbidden, then they must be asked for evidence.It is said: Where is the evidence that it is forbidden?And as for acts of worship, if it is said to a person: This act of worship is a religious innovation.So he said: It is not a religious innovation.We say to him: Where is the evidence that it is not a religious innovation? Because the original ruling for acts of worship is prohibition until evidence establishes that they are prescribed.
The second part of the question: If the motive for worship is showing off, then it is not accepted;By the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He): [Surah al-Kahf: 110],And by His saying in the Qudsi Hadith: (I am the most self-sufficient of partners against association. Whoever does a deed in which he associates with Me another, I leave him and his association).
To proceed: This is the final session of the Open Door for the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, 1415 AH. This session used to take place every week on Thursday. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to make this work sincere for His face, in accordance with His pleasure, and to benefit us all with what He has taught us. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
What is the difference between custom and worship? And if the motive for worship is showing off, what is the ruling? May Allah reward you with good.
The Difference Between Custom and Worship: Worship is what Allah and His Messenger have commanded as a means of drawing near to Allah and seeking His reward. As for custom, it is what people have become accustomed to among themselves, such as food, drink, dwellings, clothing, vehicles, transactions, and the like.
And there is another difference: The other difference is that the original ruling for acts of worship is prohibition and being forbidden, until evidence establishes that they are acts of worship.because of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Or have they other deities who have ordained for them a religion to which Allah has not consented
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُوا لَهُمْ مِنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنْ بِهِThe second part of the question: If the motive for worship is showing off, then it is not accepted;By the saying of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He):