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Allah said in sura Ar-Ra'd 11 „Verily! Allah will not change the good condition of a people as long as they do not change their
state of goodness themselves“. ,
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Dear brothers’ and sisters, in this message I'll talk Al-Imam al-Shafie said; ‘’this hadith is one third of the
about something that is very important in our daily knowledge of Islam, related to about 70 topics of fiqh’’.
lives, and that is a (niyyah) or intention. Al-Imam Ahmad said; ‘’Islam is based on three
It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu'minin, Abu fundamentals’’ (all are among the 40 hadith). Hadith;
Hafs Umar al-Hattab, who said; I heard the Messenger which is stated above, narrated by Umar Ibn Khattab.
of Allah (pbuh) said; ''The deeds are considered by the Hadith; narrate by Aisha; ‘’whosoever introduces into
intentions, and a person will get the reward this affairs of ours (Islam) something that does not
according to his intention. So whoever emigrated for belong to it, it is to be rejected’’. Hadith; narrated by
Allah and His Messenger, his emigration will be for Nu’man Ibn Basheer; ‘’truly, what is lawful is evident,
Allah and His Messenger; and whoever emigrated for and what is unlawful is evident, and in between the
worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his two are matters which are doubtful which many
emigration would be for what he emigrated for''. (Al- people do not know’’. These three hadiths are agreed
Buhari and Muslim). upon by Bukhari and Muslim.
Background; according to some hadiths, the reason for These hadiths can be seen as three criteria to help
this hadith is that a person sent a proposal of marriage Muslims evaluate and judge what they do and say as
to a woman named ‘’Umm Qais’’ which she turned ‘’ibadah’’ in their daily life; to evaluate and judge our
down saying that he should have to emigrate to al- internal actions (actions of the heart), to evaluate and
Medina for it. Accordingly, he did it for this specific judge our external actions (actions of the limbs), to
purpose, and the two were married there. On account evaluate and judge our dealings ‘’mu’amalaat’’,
of this event, the man came to be known among the (interaction between people).
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The Prophet Muhammad starts the hadith with the
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ار ْك لِي فِي ِر ْزقِي ِ اللَّهُ َّم ا ْغفِرْ لِي َذ ْنبِي َو َو ِّس ْع لِي فِي د
ِ ََاري َوب
From this above saying we can understand the
importance of sincerity in our daily life. Because 6. Dua on Completion of Wudu
everything and every action we do, we should do it for
the sake of Allah, otherwise our actions will be dust. And O Allah, make me from amongst who are the repenters
on the Judgment Day we will not have from these action and among those who keep very clean. (Tirmidhi).
any reward from Allah, so I can tell you just as Imam
Ahmad said: ‘’before you do anything, check your َ ِن ا ْل ُم َت َطه ِِّر
َّين ََّ ين َواجْ َع ْلنِي م ََّ اللهُمَّ اجْ َع ْلنِي م
ََّ ِن التو ِاب
intentions (niyyah) ask yourself before performing an
action; is it for the sake of Allah?’’.