Sincerity in Deeds

The Shaykh : And therefore, the severe warning came regarding those who do not act upon their knowledge. And so we mentioned in the previous hadith in which he (peace be upon him) said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This hadith obligates us that if we act upon our pure religion, our deeds must be sincere for the face of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), as our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) said: . I want, at the end of this talk, to clarify that the path to rising up requires us to stay away from the forbidden things that we know with certainty, such as some of the examples of forbidden things mentioned previously, like shirk (associating partners with Allah), killing the soul without right, riba (usury or interest), and so on.