The World Of The Noble Angels – Islamic Creed Series 2

Devotion’ (So worship Allah with devotion to His Religion.). Prophet Muhammad (saw) said ‘Allah Most High only accepts deeds which are solely devoted to Him, and for His sake.’ Thus, devotion is the measure of accepting or refusing all our deeds. By Dr. ‘Umar al-Ashqar and translated to English.

In “Devotion”, Dr. ‘Umar al-Ashqar thoroughly discusses devotion and sincerity in Islam, along with the erroneous concepts which have crept into Muslims’ understanding concerning them.

Readers will find answers to the following questions:

1. What is devotion in Islam?
2. What is Islam’s position concerning devotion in acts of worship?
3. What are the erroneous ideas concerning devotion?
4. What are the difficulties of having sincerity and devotion?
5. Why is Allah the aim and none other than He?
6. Can the worshipper have multiple sincere intentions at one time?
7. What are the elements of ill-intentions?
8. What are the steps to remedy hypocrisy?
9. What is the influence of the intention upon ones deeds?
10. What is the influence of intention in forbidden acts?

Among his outstanding traits (radhiallahu ‘anhu) is what Al-Bukhari and Muslim collected on the authority of Anas bin Malik (radhiallahu ‘anhu) that Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said to Ubay,

إِنَّ اللهَ أَمَـرَنِـي أَنْ أَقْـرَأَ عَـلَـيْـكَ , قَـالَ : آلله سَـمَّـانِـي لَـكَ ؟ قَـالَ : اللهُ سَـمَّـاكَ لِـي . قَـالَ : فَـجَـعَـلَ أُبَـيٌّ يَـبْـكِـي .

“Indeed Allah ordered me to teach you” He (i.e. Ubay) said, “Did Allah mention my name to you?” the Prophet said, “Allah mentioned your name to me” Anas bin Malik said, “Ubay began to weep.”

Likewise you should contemplate in order to grasp Ubay’s the full extent of understanding of the religion (radhiallahu ‘anhu); his response to this question wasn’t after long period of time like a week or a month in which he could review the verses and contemplate its meanings; rather he (radhiallahu ‘anhu) merely responded immediately after the Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) repeated the question; so he chose this blessed verse.

This book is a short work to explain what every Muslim needs to know about the religion of Islam. It covers many lessons under 18 chapters.