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It was said to Abu ‘Ali Al-Fudayl bin ‘Iyād (d. 187H):
يا
أبا علي، ما معنى أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا؟ قال: “أخلصه وأصوبه”، قيل: ما أخلصه؟ وما
أصوبه؟ قال: «إنَّ العمل إذا كان خالصًا ولم يكن صوابًا لم يُقبل، وإن كان صوابًا
ولم يكن خالصًا فلم يُقبل، حتى يكون خالصًا صوابًا”، قيل: يا أبا علي، ما هو
الخالص الصواب؟ قال: “الخالص: أن يكون لله، والصواب: أن يكون على السنة”
“O Abu ‘Ali, what is the meaning of ‘best in deeds’? He replied:
‘To make it sincere and correct.’ He was asked: ‘What is meant by making it
sincere and correct?’ He replied: ‘If a deed is done sincerely but not
correctly, it will not be accepted. And if it is done correctly but not
sincerely, it will not be accepted - until it is done both sincerely and
correctly.’ It was said: ‘O Abu ‘Ali, what is sincerity and what is correct?’
He replied: ‘Sincerity is that the deeds is done purely for Allah and correct
is that it is done according to the Sunnah.”
Al-Imām Ibn Bāz (rahimahullāh) commented on these words of Fudayl
bin ‘Iyād (rahimahullāh) said:
فالاهتمام
بإحسان العمل أعظم وأوْلى من الكثرة، فكون المؤمن يهتم بإخلاص العمل وتنقيته من
الرياء وغيره من أنواع الشرك، ويهتم بمُطابقته للشريعة، وألا يكون فيه ابتداعٌ؛
هذا أهم من الكثرة
“Making the deed correct (according to the Sunnah) is more
important than quantity - and the servant must give importance to performing the
deed sincerely for Allah and purifying it from riyā (i.e. showing off to
impress the people) and other than that from the categories of Shirk. So a
person is to give importance to making sure the deed complies with the Sharī’ah
and that is free from innovation - that is more important that quantity.”
(Ref: binbaz.org.sa/fatwas/2746)
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Excerpted from the article Ikhlās (Sincerity): Its meaning and how
to achieve it―and a word on avoiding the whisperings of Shaytān written by our teacher Ustādh
Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahīd ‘Alam
For original, genuine & safe copy please see here >>https://www.abukhadeejah.com/ikhlas-its-meaning-how-to-achieve-it-and-the-whisperings-of-shaytan/
