What is the evidence that loving an orphan, for example, because Allah has commanded it, is an act of worship?
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The questioner : The orphan and the poor person: this is what one loves only for the sake of Allah. Certainly, a person does not love them except for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : No, no. Sometimes a disbeliever comes, one of the most disbelieving of Allah’s servants, and he has not seen this broken, weak, or poor person, nor has he felt compassion or mercy for him. This is an observed reality, and he does not know about worship or anything else. This is an observed reality, Glorified and Exalted is He. But the believer takes advantage of this opportunity to make it an act of worship by showing mercy to him, because Allah the Exalted has commanded it and encouraged showing mercy to him.
The questioner : ... the joy becomes an act of worship.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Joy means that one feels joy.
The Shaykh : If the joy is in worship and in doing good deeds, then that is good.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... then when they killed him, I was happy about it.
The Shaykh : No, no. Sometimes a disbeliever comes, one of the most disbelieving of Allah’s servants, and he has not seen this broken, weak, or poor person, nor has he felt compassion or mercy for him. This is an observed reality, and he does not know about worship or anything else. This is an observed reality, Glorified and Exalted is He. But the believer takes advantage of this opportunity to make it an act of worship by showing mercy to him, because Allah the Exalted has commanded it and encouraged showing mercy to him.
The questioner : ... the joy becomes an act of worship.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Joy means that one feels joy.
The Shaykh : If the joy is in worship and in doing good deeds, then that is good.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : ... then when they killed him, I was happy about it.