Some people perform acts of obedience to facilitate their affairs, because Allah the Exalted says: “And whoever fears Allah, He will make ease for him in his affairs.” And some people perform

The questioner : Some people perform acts of obedience so that their affairs are facilitated, like His saying, the Exalted: He says, “I do it so that my affairs are facilitated.”

The Shaykh : Yes, did you hear what he said? He says some people perform acts of obedience, they do them to facilitate their worldly affairs, because Allah says: , yes, that is correct. And some people perform acts of obedience so that people love them, because Allah says: . We say that there is no doubt this is a deficient intention, this is a deficient intention. So much so that some people, some scholars, classified it as the desire of a person for the world through his deeds. So you should aim for the Face of Allah and the reward of the Hereafter, and the reward of the world will come to you. It does not prevent you, like a man who went on a military expedition seeking spoils of war, and a man who went on a military expedition seeking jihad in the path of Allah, and the spoils of war came to him. Clear? A man sought knowledge to obtain a degree, and another sought knowledge for the sake of knowledge, and the degree came to him.