بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
To achieve Ikhlaas
(sincerity and purity of intention - to be truthful and honest to Allaah alone,
performing an act solely for Allaah’s sake whereby nothing is sought except
Allaah’s Countenance and His pleasure), we have to avoid all forms of Shirk (associating
others with Allaah, which causes insincerity). And from the root cause for
insincerity (or shirk) is self-desire (al-Hawa). Therefore no action
should be done because of self-desire.
There are 6 types of self-desires which opposes Ikhlaas:
i. To make oneself appear good in the hearts of others.
ii. To seek the praises of others.
iii. To avoid being blamed by others.
iv. To seek the glorification of others.
v. To seek the wealth/money of others.
vi. To seek the services or love of others.
If I do good, something good...people praise.....if I help someone...people praise........if I show love to others...people love me and you know everything related to heart.
ReplyDeleteso how we should understand this from self desire ?
jazakallahu khair
Assalaam `alaikum.
DeletePeople loving you and praising you for your good deeds is the end result of your actions and over which you have no control.
The post is about not making it your objective. We should not do anything except for Allaah’s pleasure. But what people do in return, then that should be of little importance.
Allaah تعالى mentioned one of the characteristics of a Believer as:
{ وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا * إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّـهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا }
{And they give food, in spite of their love for it (or for the love of Him), to Miskeen (poor), the orphan, and the captive * (Saying): "We feed you seeking Allaah's Countenance only. We wish for no reward, nor thanks from you.} [Surah al-Dahr (76):8-9]
And also:
{ وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى * الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّىٰ * وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَىٰ * إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَىٰ * وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَىٰ}
{But the righteous one will avoid it (the Hell) * He who spends from his wealth to purify himself * And who has (in mind) no favor from anyone to be paid back * Except to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High * He, surely, will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise)} [Surah al-Layl (92):17-21]
Let’s take an active example: There is a type of person who posts a Verse or a Hadeeth or something beneficial on Facebook (or other social media), he posts it and does not bother about how many people “like” it or comment on it.
Then there is another type of person, who will add jokes to it, made up stories and even pictures (and I believe in the prohibition of pictures), all this just to get more “likes” or comments.
So the actions of both are the same, i.e. to spread information, but the objectives of both of them differ. One is doing it for the pleasure of Allaah and the other is doing it for self satisfaction.
And Allaah knows best.