IKHLAS
(�SINCERITY�)
- Imam al-Ghazzali in the Ihya� `Ulum al-Din[1] mentions a hadith from Hasan al-Basri that Hudhayfa b. al-Yaman (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ��I asked Jibril regarding sincerity (ikhlas) and Jibril replied: �I asked our Mighty Lord about this and He replied�: �Sincerity is one of my secrets that I place in the hearts of my beloved servants���[2]
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- In another version it has the addition: �No angel can record it nor can Shaytan corrupt it��[3]
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�Sincerity�
- Sincerity is every action or movement purely for the sake of Allah (swt) and no-one else.
- Sincerity is unmediated and forms part of the devotional relationship directed to Allah from His servant.
- Sincerity is Allah�s secret � He alone knows of it and rewards. No-one else can reward it appropriately.
- Angels do not know of it and hence register it.
- Shaytan cannot corrupt it hence it is something unique and protected.
For the Da`wa Carrier:
- Every action is performed for the sake of Allah.
- The tireless work to spread the call of Islam and to resume the Islamic way of life through working for the re-establishment of the khilafah must be solely for Allah�s pleasure and sake.
- One�s intention and focus must be cleansed and purged of any extraneous accretions and deviations such as pleasing people.
And with Allah is true success.
s.z.c.
[1] See Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya� `Ulum al-Din, 4:322.
[2] See al-Qushayri�s al-Risala with his isnad. al-`Iraqi, al-Mughni `an Haml al-Asfar fi �l-Asfar, 4:322 and al-Qawuqji, al-Lu�lu� al-Marsu`, p.94. Cf. al-Albani, Silsilat Ahadith al-Da`ifa, 2:92. The narration has weakness in it as Hasan al-Basri neither heard nor met the Companion Hudhayfa as well the questionable integrity of both narrators Ahmad b. `Ata� and `Abd al-Wahid b. Zayd.
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