Hadith About Gaining Knowledge And The Warning Of Hell
@irfan76 sir what does meaning rival to God exactly means? Is it meaning that doing something that pleases Allah, but i do it for pleasing someone else? Like the example of helping someone to drop off at their location, is actually “helping someone” this action can be liked by Allah if done for his sake but otherwise if done to please a friend normally (helping a friend to dropp him off)or earn money then it’s not bad and that’s how taxi drivers work etc Other wise other than this thing there’s nothing wrong in it. Just i am not clear about the concept of ‘Rival to God’
We do not believe in the literalist approach, as you tend to adopt to understand the text, especially when come to Hadith, which is the words of the narrators, not of the prophet, necessarily. We read the text under the principles of Deen. In principle, only unethical or immoral are objectionable that make a thing haram or undesirable. Here, too, as I have explained earlier that anything other than Allah means against Allah, rival to Allah. If one renders his services for teaching religious knowledge to others and gets some monetary benefits in terms of salary or remuneration and also earns respect, it is fine, but if such goals are his primary intentions then it is that “anything” which is condemned.
Yes, of course. He adopted an adornment for a thing that is allowed and then he says his prayer that is fine. He has no intention to please someone or something rival to God. Having said that, when God asked to put on your adornment for coming to the mosque, it is again a literalist approach to define adornment according to the scope of the word’s lexical meanings. It will be understood for its logical exigencies. The adornment for the mosque is the usual dress, which is called adornment in the previous verse: 7: 26, which also provides context to take in the meaning of dress. So we need not put on our best dress every time we go to mosque to show our sincerity to God.