The element of intercession does not become the cause of arrogance and disobedience. Rather, intercession imparts strength to the sinner in a state of despair. It creates in him the habit of repenting with fervour. Consequently, he would be able to reach a high position and achieve nearness to the Lord of the Worlds. SOURCE:…
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A free action is performed for an end and receives…
A free action is performed for an end and receives its value from that end. In the philosophy of the morality of Islam, good is an action which drives man towards his eventual perfection, namely getting near Allah and bad is an action which drives man away from that end (i.e., from attaining nearness to…
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Remembering Allah and obeying…
Remembering Allah and obeying Him must be our life’s goal so we may reach the last degree of nearness to the Divine; otherwise, we will regret after we see how others reached lofty stations while we lagged behind from reaching our goal. May Allah enable us to abandon being busy with doing anything but seeking…
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Our benefit from getting…
Our benefit from getting to be near to Him will be according to the degree of our involvement in remembering Him: The more we endeavor to obey and serve Him, the more we get closer to Him and we benefit from this nearness, and the difference between us and Salman the Persian, peace of Allah…
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We all know that achieving…
We all know that achieving the pleasure of Allah Almighty can be in adoring Him, in seeking nearness to Him, although He is rich in Himself and does not need His servants’ conviction. We, therefore, know that the servants are the ones who need to get close to the One Who initiates all nice things,…
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