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the right to ibadah except Allah" in that your ibadah should be exclusively and sincerely for
Allah. Iman by itself is not sufficient for our ibadah to be accepted by Allah. Rather it is
necessary that your action is out of iman in Allah and complete ikhlas to Him so that you do
not make anyone a partner with Him. The Exalted said:
"Those who have iman and confuse not their iman with injustice. For them there
will be security and they are the rightly guided." [Al-Qur'an 6:82]
Injustice here means shirk as was explained by the Messenger (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
to the companions (radiallahu anhum) and as has been recorded by Imam al-Bukhari in the
Kitab at-Tafsir of his Sahih.
Allah has laid down a condition for the perfection of iman, which gives its possessor security,
guidance and freedom from shirk and that is ikhlas; the abundance of which is necessary for
ibadah to be accepted. The Exalted has said:
"And they were not commanded except with this: that they should worship Allah,
being completely sincere in the Din." [Al-Qur'an 98:5]
And the Exalted also said:
"Say: Indeed I have been commanded to worship Allah making the Din sincerely
for Him alone." [Al-Qur'an 39:11]
And there is also the Qudsi Hadith reported by Muslim: "I am so self-sufficient that I am in
no need of having partners. Thus, whoever does an action for someone else's sake as well as
Mine, will have that action rejected by Me to him whom he associated with Me." [Reported
by Muslim]
Ikhlas is the sanctification of your speech and action from every blemish of the soul's desire.
For example, desiring your beautification in the hearts of people, desiring their praise so that
they say 'a scholar', 'what a brave man' or 'a doer of good'. Also included in this is running
away from the criticism of the people (i.e. abandoning certain actions because people may
criticise or become angry), seeking people's magnification of yourself, their aid and
assistance, the fulfilment of your needs or desiring other peoples wealth and possessions while being contented with all of that because your soul is deceived and your amazement with
yourself.
Know also - brother and sister Muslim - that ikhlas is not correct until you are truthful in your
speech, action, striving and while you desire nothing but the Face of Allah and the Home of
the Hereafter.
The Exalted said:
"And whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it as it should be strived for
while being a believer then his striving will be acknowledged (rewarded)." [AlQur'an 17:19]