Working for Allah's sake
They call working for Allah as Ikhlas (sincerity), if man does a deed
for people; this is called duplicity and reputation, if he does it to please
himself, it is a hidden desire called self-conceit, he is self conceited so he
is infected by pride and arrogance.
If the deed is for Allah's sake, he will continue doing it whether
people see him or not because he works for Allah. Our ancestors used to notice
Allah's observation, to make sure that the deed is for Allah's sake. Among the
wonders narrated in this respect:
When Muslims besieged towns in Persia
After the victory the leader called: "That who opened the door of
the fortress, come to us to reward him." The man didn't come out. The call
was repeated several times, but he didn't go. He added: "We'll send him to
Omar to reward him." At night in the darkness the veiled man went to the
leader and said to him: "I know the man who opened the door of the
fortress, he makes a condition that you won't tell anyone about him even if he
is Omar." The leader agreed, the man said: "I'm the man." The
leader asked: "What's your name?" The man said: "If I had wanted
a reward from you or from Omar, I wouldn't have done this, but I want the
reward from Allah."
This is the sincerity Muslims used to have. Some are still like this,
but we don't know them, because that is on top of water is the foam and if
there is fish, they are the small fish but whales are at the bottom. Whoever
works for Allah doesn't want to be known by people, but that who works for
people wants to be mentioned by all people and want the papers to write about
him.
Among the marvelous incidents that were narrated in this respect, that
Imam Ali was in a battle, one of the enemies asked for a Muslim to duel with
him, imam Ali went out to fight him. They continued fighting until their horses
died, they stood and continued fighting by their swords until they were broken,
after that they started freestyle wrestling, imam Ali carried the man, lifted
him and threw him to the ground, he got out his penknife to kill the man,
suddenly the man spitted in the face of imam Ali, then imam Ali stood and left
the man. The man was astonished and said to Imam Ali: "Why did you leave
me after you got me?" imam Ali said: "At first I fought you for
Allah's sake, but after you spitted in my face I fear that I may kill you to
revenge for my self, then I won't deserve reward from Allah." The man
said: "Do you observe Allah in such critical situations?" Imam Ali
said: "And in much more critical situations."
The prophet of Islam taught them to observe Allah and to seek sincerity
in the most critical situations to deserve rewards and gifts from Allah.
Who do we accompany O brothers? We should accompany a brother who wants
rewards from Allah, our sir the messenger of Allah said about such brother:
"Visit (brothers) for Allah's sake, whoever visits for Allah's sake
is set off by seventy thousand angels."[1]
Our sir the messenger of Allah (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) also said:
"Whoever visited a patient or visited a brother for Allah's sake,
he is called by a caller saying to him: You are delighted, your walk is
pleasant and you deserve a dwelling in paradise."[2]
As the deeds are for Allah's sake:
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I should make all my visits for Allah's sake.
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I should also make all my friendships for Allah's
sake.
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I should make all my sittings for Allah's sake.
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I should make all the good deeds I do, for Allah's
sake.
Our sir the messenger of Allah (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) warned his
companions from announcing something they did for Allah's sake even after a
long time to make them assure their degree. Someone may do something now and
don't tell anyone about it, but after years he says: I did so and so for so and
so. Or they may differ with each other and he said: I did him so and so, the
prophet (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said about this:
"A man
makes a deed secretly and Allah writes it as a secret deed, Satan keeps on him
until he tells about it, then Allah changes it from a secret deed to an openly
deed, if he talks about it a second time, then it will be removed from secret
and open and written as hypocrisy."[3]
Then, what
should I do? Allah says:
"And he lifts the righteous deeds (to Allah)."
(Surat Fater, verse 10)
I.e. lifts
it to Allah and doesn't leave it in front of his eyes, but forgets it. If he
wants to remember things, he should remember sins, faults and misdeeds in order
to repent from them before death. You should know and be sure that Allah saves
the good deeds and grows them for you double and doubles, Allah says:
"But if there is any good (done), He doubles it, (only this? No, but
there's another grant) and gives from Him a great reward."
(Surat
If we
follow this method, good deeds will be spread and benefits will be more and
more. No one would over respect and bow on meeting me because of his own
utility or profit, and after he gets his utility, he turns away from me to the
other side and didn't even say As'salamu Alaykom, this is the school of utility
in the western countries.
But we are
not like this, Allah says about us:
"Is
there any reward for good other than good?" (Surat Ar'rahman, verse 60)
We
basically work for Allah; it is true that Islam ordered us to thank someone who
does us a favor because the prophet (May the blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said about this:
"Whoever
does a favor for you; you should reward him, if you don't find what you reward
him by, then supplicate for him until you think you rewarded him."[4]
Allah says
in the divine Hadith:
"O My
slave, you don't thank me unless you thank that whom I granted you by
him."
It was
narrated by Orwah that A'isha said: "The messenger of Allah (May the
blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) frequently used to say: "What
did your verses do?" I said: "What verses do you mean, they are so
many?" He said: "In thanking." I said: "Yes by my parents,
the poet said: "Respect the weak, don't ignore him because of his
weakness, he may grow afterwards. He rewards or praises you, whoever praises
what you did is as that who rewards you. If you want to be in touch with the
generous, you won't find his ability weak." Then the prophet says:
"Yes A'isha, when Allah gathers people at the Day of Judgment, He says to
someone who was done a favor by another: "Did you reward him?" He
says: "O my Lord, I knew that it was from You, so I thanked You."
Allah says: "You didn't thank Me as you didn't thank that by whom I sent
it (the favor) to you."[5]
This is
among Allah's grants to us, He ordered us to admit and confess for those who
did us favors and benefits because this is the nature of a Muslim to admit
favor and confess kindness.
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The
first favor and kindness a Muslim should admit is the favor he got from Allah.
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The
favor and kindness he got from the prophet.
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The
favor and kindness he got from the Koran.
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The
favor and kindness he got from his parents.
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The
favor and kindness he got from relatives, family, friends and neighbors.
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The
favor and kindness he got from the country because the country also has a favor
upon us, it is said:
"Loving the country is from faith."
It is the nature of a Muslim not to be thankless, however when he does a
favor, he seeks Allah's satisfaction. This is the high aim and noble request
ordered by Allah and upon which our sir the messenger of Allah educated his
companions.
We should spread some of these morals O brothers, first among our young,
because they do need them. We should change our conditions to the conditions of
our prophet and his noble companions, if we change our conditions, Allah will
change our lives to the best.
We beg Allah to grant us sincerity in our hearts, truthfulness in our
words and observing Allah in our behaviors and conditions, to make our organs
and bodies obedient to Him, all our times used in remembering Him, thanking Him
and worshipping Him and to guide us all over our lives to the deeds that lead
to His satisfactions.
[1] By Ibn Abbas, Alfat'h Al-Kabeer.
[2] Narrated by imam At'termethey in his Sonan by
Abi-Horayra.
[3] Ad'daylamy by Abi-Horayrah.
[4] Mosnad imam Ahmed by Ibn Omar, it starts: (Whoever
seeks the protection of Allah, help him, whoever begs you, give him, whoever
calls you, answer him,……then this Hadith.)
[5] Mosnad Ash'shameyeen Let'tabarany by Orwah after
A'isha.
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