sincere and correct

[ibn suleman]

“Allah said: He Who created death and life, to test which of you are best in action. (al-MuIk 67:2)
Fudayl ibn Iyad said (about this verse): ‘It is what is most sincere and most correct’ They asked: O Abu Ali, what is most sincere and most correct? He replied: An action, if it is sincere but not correct, will not be accepted. If it is correct but not sincere, it will (also) not be accepted; until it is both sincere and correct. Sincere means that it is exclusively for Allah, and correct means that it conforms to the Sunnah.”
(Imãm Ibn al-Qayyim, ma Allah have mercy upon him, said in Madarij al-Salikin (2/68))

[ibn suleman]

“It has been said: ‘Sincerity is to forget the creation seeing you because of continually looking towards the Creator. Whoever adorns himself before the people with what he does not possess, has fallen from Allah's grace.
From the words of Fudayl are: "Leaving an action for people’s sake is ostentation (riya'), whereas doing an action for." people’s sake is shirk. Sincerity is where Allah saves you from both of these. Al-Junayd said: ‘Sincerity is a secret (sirr) between Allah and His servant which not even the angel knows so as to record it; nor does Satan know so as to corrupt it; nor is the desire (hawa) aware of it so as to influence it.’
It was said to Sahl: What is the hardest thing upon the ego (nafs)? He replied: ‘Sincerity, because the ego has no share of it.”
(Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, said in Maditrij al-Salikin (2/70))

[RaNdOm]

:salams

:jkk: does that mean shaitaan cant ever attack ur sincerity? so like ur sincerity can never kinda like go down...?

[ibn suleman]

:salams

:jkk: does that mean shaitaan cant ever attack ur sincerity? so like ur sincerity can never kinda like go down...?

:wswrwb:

wa iyyaki

erm..not exactly sure what u mean...as far as i know...sincerety is based upon intentions and what is in in the heart..and only Allah knows.

if its sincere, then shaitaan hasnt affected it, if shaitaan has affected it, its not sincere.

[RaNdOm]

:wswrwb:

wa iyyaki

erm..not exactly sure what u mean...as far as i know...sincerety is based upon intentions and what is in in the heart..and only Allah knows.

if its sincere, then shaitaan hasnt affected it, if shaitaan has affected it, its not sincere.

:salams

so shaitaan can affect it and make it insincere?

btw i like ur avatar :D:D:D

[sunrise]

but if shaytan affects ur niyaa maybe that's cause u have weak iman not because it wasn't sincere...the fact that you had it truthfully in the begining shows some sort of sincerity

oh and i prefered the other one lol:up:avatar i mean

[ibn suleman]

:salams

so shaitaan can affect it and make it insincere?

btw i like ur avatar :D:D:D

:wswrwb:

hmmm..as far as i know...if an action is truly sincere, then shaitaan cant affect it, if shaitaan can affect it it means it wasnt sincere in the first place
^does that make sense

:jkk: :D

edit--as sunrise said :up: her's is worded better :up:

[RaNdOm]

but if shaytan affects ur niyaa maybe that's cause u have weak iman not because it wasn't sincere...the fact that you had it truthfully in the begining shows some sort of sincerity

oh and i prefered the other one lol:up:avatar i mean

:wswrwb:

hmmm..as far as i know...if an action is truly sincere, then shaitaan cant affect it, if shaitaan can affect it it means it wasnt sincere in the first place
^does that make sense

:jkk: :D

edit--as sunrise said :up: her's is worded better :up:


:salams

so imaan ties in with sincerity? so like the more imaan u have the greater number of sincere things ur likely to do cos ur gonna have more intention of doing good deeds?

sorry i know i like complicate things sumtimes...

n nah this av rules.... mashaAllah :D

[ibn suleman]

:salams

so imaan ties in with sincerity? so like the more imaan u have the greater number of sincere things ur likely to do cos ur gonna have more intention of doing good deeds?

sorry i know i like complicate things sumtimes...

n nah this av rules.... mashaAllah :D

:wswrwb:

yeh i guess...the more imaan u have the quality and quantity of ur sincere things are gonna be more


i made a thread on avatars..:D