Iman And Aiming Mental Peace
@Irfan76 sir as you told me above that worship ritual is the only thing which is purely for Allah. and iman (in terms of knowing, accepting something to be true in mind) is not something purely for Allah. so if someone who uses this as means to achieve something worldly then it’s okay, just like in the example of conversation between 2 people above while distinguishing between anything to be Riya or rival to Allah. i used to have this sentence in my mind as a principle (which was my own inference) that; “the things that are only Allah’s right, should be done firstly only for Allah, and Secondly while doing it for Allah no one else’s pleasure is to be sought with this notion” for example worship is only for Allah, so if someone worships someone else, he’s doing shirk. on the other hand, if he worships Allah but for some other reason like worldly benefit instead of Allah’s pleasure, this is Shirkiya. i was going by this statement for long and there was no problem but then i stumbled upon a confusion. a thing that fitted that statement nicely, made me confused. the thing was that “assuming a creator of universe is only a right of Allah”, so it definitely means that only Allah is to be accepted factually as a creator. this thing is clear and their is no confusion in this; but then the second condition popped in my mind that, does this mean that in thinking about this knowledge to be fact, if some other aim than Allah’s pleasure is sought like some worldly benefit, then would it be rival to Allah and Riyakari like shirkiya? or not? worship ritual is only his right. so first condition it won’t be done to anyone else .and second condition, while doing it to Him, only His pleasure is to sought. Then comes my question that Iman of creator that this thing fits the sentence of ‘only right of Allah’ and obviously it fulfils the first condition that only Allah is to be believed/accepted to be Creator in the knowledge of the person. but would the second condition also apply simply like that? for example an atheist sees that people believing in God are having better mental peace so he thinks that if he tries to find evidence and his brain really comes to accept as a reality, the existence of God as a creator so this knowledge would give him mental peace. so he tries to find evidence and when he finds, he accepts the knowledge that there is God as a true creator, and his intention behind it was having mental peace. would this intention be incorrect and not suitable? is having Iman as a knowledge same as İbadah? that both regarding Allah cannot be done for some other reason? you told that it they both are different and iman is not solely something for Allah like that. but will the statement i said above, make it fall under this? [the statement that something that is right of Allah alone, is only to be done towards Allah, and also while doing it, any other intention would be incorrect…. this statement was just my own inference] please guide me in this matter sir.
@Irfan76 sir I meant to ask that as you said before that Iman in terms of accepting some details and information to be true in mind (I’m not saying further worship and obedience ), does it fall under the category of things only and solely for Allah like worship? for example I go to my cousin for having some refreshing conolany with him. my cousin while having different conversations with me, he starts to say “ Allah is the creator of this world, Allah is the only one worthy of worship and He alone is God … Do you agree and believe in what I say?” and then I reply with affirmative with intention that when he thinks or feels satisfied that he got his answer in affirmative then he’ll carry on further in conversation. in the back of my mind I thought that if I don’t reply him in affirmative he’ll keep asking again and again and maybe think that about me having doubts in this statement, and he’ll further feel anger and more and more heat in conversation. but if I reply him with yes, then he would think like ‘yes Muhammad Ali agrees with me’ and then he’ll automatically continue his conversation, and we’ll be continuing the enjoyment of each other’s company Here I try to deliver in his mind that I have Iman in this (hold these details to be true in my mind). so that he feels satisfied enough (not in terms of happiness, but getting his answer in affirmative) and his mind will then automatically shift forward and he’ll talk about something else. so is Iman (in terms of considering a detail to be true) same as worship in this matter?