Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (314) | Moderation in worship
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah
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Moderation in worship
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Worship in Islam is a middle path between those who are negligent and fall short in it, and those who are extreme and practice monasticism.
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As for those who are negligent in worship, worldly life has deceived them, they clung to it, and they ran after it.
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So all their measures were materialistic and worldly.
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And the clearest representation of these people
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are the Jews, concerning whom Allah said:
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“And thou wilt find them greediest of mankind for life and (greedier) than the idolaters. (Each) one of them would like to be allowed to live a thousand years. And to live (a thousand years) would be no means remove him from the doom. Allah is Seer of what they do.” (2:96)
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“And thou wilt find them greediest of mankind for life and (greedier) than the idolaters. (Each) one of them would like to be allowed to live a thousand years. And to live (a thousand years) would be no means remove him from the doom. Allah is Seer of what they do.” (2:96)
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So they are eager for life,
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thus, in indefinite form,
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which implies a love for life, whatever it may be,
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even if it is animalistic, filled with instincts and desires.
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And for this reason, they deserved to be described as
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the ones who have incurred Allah's wrath,
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for their refusal to comply with religious commands
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and their cunning maneuvers to circumvent them for their worldly benefit.
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And those who are extreme in worship,
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their extremism led them to forbid what Allah had made lawful,
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and to innovate monasticism,
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like the monks of the Christians and their worshippers,
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who forbade themselves marriage and good things from sustenance,
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and considered that an abomination from the work of Satan.
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So they rejected Allah's bounty upon them,
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and did not find guidance to the truth in the matter of worship.
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So they deserved the description of being astray.
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The former are people of deficiency and sin,
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and the latter are people of excess, extremism, and innovation.
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And the salaf warned against both of them.
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And the concept of moderation in worship in Islam is summarized
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by considering the texts of the two revelations on this matter,
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and combining some of them with others,
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to act upon some of them and abandon others.
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said:
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"The mujahid is he who strives against himself."
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is the same one who said to the three men who asked about his worship,
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as if they found it burdensome,
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so one of them said: "As for me, I will pray all night, always."
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And another said: "I will fast all day and never break my fast."
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And another said: "I will abstain from women,
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and never marry."
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So the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"You are the ones who said such and such."
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"But by Allah, I am the most fearful of Allah among you and the most pious."
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"However, I fast and break my fast, I pray and I sleep,"
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"and I marry women."
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"Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not of me."
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So he urged in the first text the striving in worship,
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and in the second he forbade extremism and monasticism.
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So his path, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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is based on moderation and balance between rights and obligations.
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And when Salman al-Farisi said to Abu al-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him:
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"Indeed, your Lord has a right over you,"
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"and your self has a right over you,"
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"and your family has a right over you."
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"So give each one his due."
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"Salman has spoken the truth."
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Likewise, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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permitted what was legislated from vows,
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and invalidated the innovative and rejected ones.
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When he saw a man standing,
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he asked about him, and they said:
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"He vowed to stand and not sit,"
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"and not seek shade, and not speak, and to fast."
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So he said: "Tell him to speak,"
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"and to seek shade, and to sit,"
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"and to complete his fast."
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Narrated by Bukhari.
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And this is from the moderation of worship,
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.