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Beware of showing off
Asalamu alaykom. If things are done for other than the sake of Allah, will we be punished? For example, if someone performs salah and does it to show off to try to impress people, will he have to repeat all his prayers as they weren’t for the right intention? Is there anything like a dua we can do to help keep our intentions pure? Please advise and.. More
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Guidelines on sincerity in one's deeds
It’s very hard to find a job that doesn’t include haram aspects, except for jobs in Islamic companies/institutions/schools. The problem is when I find jobs in those places, my main intention is to have a halal income (in addition, sometimes I also just like the job because it suits my skillset/interests). If that’s the case, will it be counted.. More
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Disclosing One’s Deeds Without Showing Off
I know that in islam actions are by intentions, so in that case, is it permissible to "show off" good deed for a good purpose? For example, let's say you are surrounded by people who are proud of their sins and negatively influencing others, is it ok to try to counter it by "showing off" your acts of worship so people will not feel like no body is practicing.. More
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Not Obligatory to Have Intention Throughout the Duration of the Act of Worship
With regards to permissible actions such as eating, drinking, studying wordly sciences and so on, I know that in order to turn them into acts of worship you must have the correct intention e.g. you can intend by eating to gain strength to worship Allaah. My question is do you have to maintain this intention and keep it in mind throughout the duration.. More
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Giving Up a Prohibition and Doing an Act of Obedience to Please Allah
If I stay away from haraam, so for example, if I don't go to a mixed gathering because I know it is haraam, but I don't have the specific intention of pleasing Allaah by staying away from it, would I be rewarded for it? Likewise if I fast because I know it's encouraged, but I don't have the specific intention of pleasing Allaah, would I be rewarded.. More
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Changing Personal Habits to Please Others
السلام عليكم و بركاتهShould we try to please people? Especially family and friends?I mean changing one's own personal habits etc so that it is in line with their desires. I don't like this. Because Allah gave me freedom to do anything halalWhy would I care about what they want in my own personal business and affairs!
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Waking up for Fajr to avoid dispraise
Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. I live in Spain, far from the masjid, and therefore I pray alone at home. As I pray alone at home, I may delay the prayer a little bit more than what they do in masjid. If I had to pray at the masjid, I obvously would not be not. Recently, my friend and Shaykh told me that we will revise the Quran through the mobile phone.. More
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Story of man who kept voluntary fasting hidden to achieve sincerity
Bismillaahi Ar-Rahmaani Ar-Raheem (in the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate)! I once heard a story from a scholar of a righteous man who fasted for 20 years (on the days of the Sunnah) and did not tell his wife (for the purity of his intentions). Have you heard of something similar as well? If so, can you give me the reference.. More
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Meaning of ‘forming the intention in the heart’
What is the meaning of forming the intention in the heart? Is it silently thinking in one's mind before starting that deed that "I will do this deed for the sake of Allah to gain reward"? Example: Before reading Islamic books, should I silently think "I will gain knowledge for the sake of Allah to gain reward"? Is making this type of intention worship.. More
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Keeping charity secret or disclosing it to encourage others to imitate it
Assalaamu alaykum. I have a waqf, which is to pay the study tuition for a Muslim child, and I am planing to tell my friend to do the same thing. My question is: should I tell my friend what I do, so that he may do the same, or should I keep it secret? Thank you.
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Good deeds without valid intention
In the name of Allaah. Assalaamu alaykum. Sometimes we do good deeds but the intention is not for the sake of Allaah (and the hereafter) but is associated with wordly interests and benefit; like being polite to seniors and colleagues at work and greeting them with the Salaam. (If we do not do that, they will think bad about us). Is this Shirk (polytheism)?
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Abiding by teachings of Islam to achieve worldly benefits
Assalaamu alaykum. The legislations of Islam have many worldly benefits, and the Islamic lifestyle also protects us from much harm. If one follows the Islamic legislations predominantly to achieve these worldly benefits of Islam, does that go against sincerity?
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Signs of sincerity to Allah in doing good deeds
Assalaamu alaykum. How can a man know if his good works are sincerely for Allaah, The Exalted?
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Posting one's Quran recitation on instagram
Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question that has been bothering me for a while now. My name is Yassin, and I recite Quran on video and then upload it on social media. I have been doing this for nearly two years now. I have a Following of 62 thousand people on Instagram, where people watch me recite the Quran to the best of my ability. I keep convincing.. More
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Any permissible action can be act of obedience due to intention
Assalaamu alaykum. The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,said: “Any action which is void of the remembrance of Allaah, The Exalted, is futile, except for four actions: walking between two targets (ie. practicing with a bow an arrow/spear), training one’s horse, playing with your wife, and learning how to swim [Sunan An-Nasaa’i, hadith 8940.. More
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