Innate Sense Of Good And Bad
If the intention is slightly there for Allah, then it is good enough. Also fitrah created by Allah (30:30) is in reality, His commandments. If you listen to Ghamidi Sahab’s commentary on Shariah on intimacy where a man commits anal sex with his wife, Ghamidi Sahab states that the man violates his nature by doing so which in turn is a violation of Allah’s command that He has put in his nature (2:222). So fitrah is part of Deen. The point is, Islam explains why you have urges to do good, it is ultimately to earn Allah’s pleasure and enter His Jannah. Islam explains the meaning of good actions, why we do them and all that. So it is natural for a Muslim who learns this, to accept that all his good deeds including fulfilling the rights and responsibilities are part of our duty to Allah. This does not mean you will stop following your fitrah, in fact you must follow the urge to do good, except after Islam, you know why you do it and the reality behind it which every Muslim must accept. Doctor, farmer and all that example still require you to answer the question whether they are Muslims that accept the reality of their existence (to serve Allah). Because if they are conscious Muslims then they must accept that their properties (including jobs and cattles) are from Allah, so they must be grateful to Allah (by maintaining them). The prayer of asking good of this world and the next (2:201) is that I have the benefit of this world as well as the benefit of it in the Hereafter. But again, this is a prayer, it is an acceptance of reality, if a Muslim accept this reality then indeed, he has remembered his purpose, to please Allah and so He will accept all the good that Muslim has done no matter how weak his intention may have been because He is generous. If the intentions is sinful then you have answered your question. The action will be counted as a sin. If a Muslim has little to no belief in Allah, has no desire to ever please Him and has no solid aim to please Him then he may as well not be a Muslim. He’s more of an atheist at this point. Discussion 85201 Discussion 63872
@Irfan76 why did he use the words ‘alaish’ and further like ‘gumrahi’. in what context was he saying these?
I had the same question which I asked my teacher in Al-mawrid and in his detailed explanation (which I can’t do as well as he did obviously) he helped me understand an underlying concept which made sense. The teacher said only Allah is Ghani, meaning the blessing he bestows on us is free of His need for anything in return. By contrast, human beings are never in a position of being ghani because by default we are dependent on Allah’s continuous generosity without which we could do nothing. Therefore as long as we are aware that the good that I am doing, (whether instinctively or out of a need for a worldly or personal benefit like material mutual benefit or just self satisfaction) is only possible because Allah allows it, then you get rewarded. The basic concept is to understand that anything good we do is possible because of Allah’s generosity. And only Allah is the All-generous without needing anyone or anything. This helped me relax so I don’t constantly have to repeat “Allah I’m doing it for you” in my head but generally to understand all good that stems from me is due to Allah even if I am doing a good deed unthinkingly. I hope this helps. (And just to add that if I said something incorrect then it is due to my limited understanding and not my teacher’s)
@Irfan76 sir I wanted to ask that if a person who for example used to drink alcohol everyday at 7pm. one day when he had guests on his home since afternoon. suddenly when he checked his phone it was 7pm and was about to get up from sofa to take out alcohol from his cupboard to drink it, but then he remembered that his guests don’t know he drinks alcohol and if he takes it out right now to drink then they will reprimand him or think negative of him “that he is doing a sinful thing, drinking Haram alcohol”. so he avoids drinking that evening. his intention is not to make them think that he is pious and he avoids drinking because of fear of Allah. the guests don’t even know that he was thinking or intending to drink alcohol right now, they are just busy in their activities talking about other stuff, as they were. He avoided it only to save himself from embarrassment words and negative thinking from people of “He does big Haram” , so he just avoided it so that this thing doesn’t come on surface. Is it rival to Allah? will he be receiving sin for avoiding drinking alcohol for this intention? or it will be just a normal non-occurence of sin (similar to if he had avoided drinking alcohol because of being sick)? what I think is that this is not rival to Allah. and he is not sinful for avoiding it with this intention, and it is just a simple non-occurence of the act for that day. am I right?