Rule: When acts of worship are transmitted in multiple forms, they are performed in those forms, sometimes in this way and sometimes in that way, and this has a benefit.
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The Shaykh : This is a rule that a student of knowledge should understand: when acts of worship are transmitted in various forms, they are performed in those forms, sometimes in this way and sometimes in that way.
In that, there are two benefits. Pay attention, my brother, in that there are two benefits:
The first benefit: performing the Sunnah in all its forms.
The second benefit: preserving the Sunnah, because if you neglect one of the two descriptions, it will be forgotten and not preserved.
There is also a third benefit.
The third benefit: that a person’s performance of this Sunnah not become a mere habit, because many people, when they adopt one Sunnah, end up doing it out of habit without being mindful of it. But if one trains oneself to say this one way sometimes and that way other times, one remains attentive to the Sunnah.
So, how many benefits are there in that? Three benefits.
That is to say, when an act of worship comes in various forms, it is best to perform it in all the forms, sometimes in this way and sometimes in that way, for these three benefits.
Acting upon the Sunnah in all its matters.
Second: preserving the Sunnah.
Third: being mindful of worshipping Allah with this Sunnah so that your action does not become a mere habit.
In that, there are two benefits. Pay attention, my brother, in that there are two benefits:
The first benefit: performing the Sunnah in all its forms.
The second benefit: preserving the Sunnah, because if you neglect one of the two descriptions, it will be forgotten and not preserved.
There is also a third benefit.
The third benefit: that a person’s performance of this Sunnah not become a mere habit, because many people, when they adopt one Sunnah, end up doing it out of habit without being mindful of it. But if one trains oneself to say this one way sometimes and that way other times, one remains attentive to the Sunnah.
So, how many benefits are there in that? Three benefits.
That is to say, when an act of worship comes in various forms, it is best to perform it in all the forms, sometimes in this way and sometimes in that way, for these three benefits.
Acting upon the Sunnah in all its matters.
Second: preserving the Sunnah.
Third: being mindful of worshipping Allah with this Sunnah so that your action does not become a mere habit.
