![The Status of Sincerity
[ Purification ]
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The Heart‘s Quest to its Spiritual Sustenance: Status of sincerity
- 1. The Status of Sincerity [ Purification ] 1
- 2. Acceptance of deeds 1- Pure 2- Legal “ And whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due to His Lord” 18:110 2
- 3. What is Purification – Al-Ikhlas ? Free of other debris Without Blemish Not in mixture “ And in the cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, from between the refuse and the blood, pure milk palatable to the drinkers “ 16:66 3
- 4. “ And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, being sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give Zakah. And that is the correct religion “ 98:5 4
- 5. “ Indeed We have sent down to you the book ( O Muhammad ), in truth. So worship Allah , being sincere to Him in religion * Unquestionably, for Him is the pure religion “ 39:2 – 3 “ Say, He is Allah the One * Allah the Eternal Refuge * He neither begets nor is born * and nor is there to Him any equivalent “ 112 5
- 6. To purify the intention / aim of doing or saying something exclusively to draw closer to Allah and only for the sake of Allah i.e. without any associates; human or otherwise 6
- 7. Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: Allah said: Among all partners, I am the most dispensable with association. So anyone who performs a deed in which he ascribes to Me others; I will abandon him and his act of polytheism. “ And We will approach what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed “ 25:23 7
- 8. Narrated by Ibn Lubaid: Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said: The most dreadful thing which I fear about you is minor polytheism ( Sheirk ). The companions asked: What is the minor polytheism? He said: It is hypocrisy. 8
- 9. Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Messenger (pbuh) saying: The first of the people whose case will be decided on the Day of Judgment will be a man who died as a martyr. He will be brought forth. Allah will make him know about His blessings (which He had bestowed on him in the World). The man will acknowledge them. Then Allah will ask him: What did you do with them? He will say: I fought in Your way until I died as a martyr. Allah will remark: You are lying. You fought so that you may be called a brave warrior. Then orders will be passed against him. So he will be dragged along on his face and cast into Hell. 9
- 10. Second will be a man who studied (religious) knowledge. Then he taught it to others and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought (for Judgment). Allah will remind him of His favours (showered on him in the world). He will admit them (having enjoyed them in his life). Then Allah will ask him: What did you do with them? He will reply: I acquired knowledge and imparted it and also recited the Qur'an for Your sake. Allah will observe: You have told a lie, for you got knowledge to be renowned as a scholar; and you recited the Qur'an to be marked as a Qari. Then orders will be passed against him. So he will be dragged along on his face and thrown into Hell. 10
- 11. Third will be a man to whom Allah had made abundantly rich and granted him every kind of wealth. He will be brought for judgment. Allah will let him know about His gifts conferred upon him in the world. He will recognize them. Then Allah will inquire: What did you with them? He will say: I left no way in which you like money to be spent without spending in it for your sake. Allah will say: You are lying. You did so to be described as generous. So orders will be passed against him and he will be dragged along on his face until he will be hurled into Hell. 11
- 12. 1) Obvious: - Looking for praise - Fear of blame / criticism - Obtain something Unlawful - Obtain something permissible 2) Subtle: -To make Ikhlas a means for worldly gains e.g Wisdom sought by Imam Al-Ghazaly - To find comfort in what makes deeds easier e.g. Tahajud prayers 12
- 13. Heart Actions The Prophet ( PBUH) says: Deeds are only by intentions, and every man shall have only what he intended. So one whose emigration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger – his hijrah was for Allah and His Messenger. But one whose hijrah was to achieve a worldly aim or to a woman he would marry – then his hijrah was to that for which he emigrated “ Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim. 13
- 14. Ikhlas with the heart is to purify your intention from hypocrisy and from all other self gains like boast & pride and from all worldly gains like money & status, and to strive in keeping this intention before and during the good deed. Always renew your intention The intention /aim for action should only be the gain of Allah’s acceptance and love, and this aim must not mix with any other aim(s) 14
- 15. Hiding your good deeds against the witness of other people Training oneself to perform good deeds in secrecy e.g. Dawood Ibn Abi Hind e.g. Khalid Ibn Maadan 15
- 16. Persistency in supplication to Allah to grant you Ikhlas in action and speech and to keep you away from hypocrisy and showing off. The prophet (PBUH) used to say: O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I associate anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I know not. 16
- 17. To ask Allah to detach the love of glory and splendour from your heart Ali Ibn Abi Talib used to say ( O Allah make me better than what they think, excuse me for what they say, and forgive me for what they don’t know ). 17
- 18. 1- A believer is rewarded his intention “ There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any guilt when they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger. There is not upon the doers of good any cause for blame. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. 18
- 19. * Nor is there blame upon those who, when they came to you that you might give them mounts, you said, I can find nothing for you to ride upon. They turned back while their eyes overflowed with tears out of their grief that they could not find something to spend (for the cause of Allah) 9:91-92 19
- 20. 2- Protection against Satan “ By your Might, I will surely mislead them all * except among them your sincere slaves “ 38:82-83 3- Acceptance of deeds “ Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent * He who created death and life to test you ( as to ) which of you is best in deed and He is the Exalted in Might, The forgiving “ 67:1-2 20