IBADAAH The meaning given to Ibadaah by many people is a very restricting explanation which only includes some of the types of Ibadaah like prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, etc. But the real meaning of Ibadaah is much more complex and includes more than only a...
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IBADAAH The meaning given to Ibadaah by many people is a very restricting explanation which only includes some of the types of Ibadaah like prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, etc. But the real meaning of Ibadaah is much more complex and includes more than only a few types of Ibdadaah. Allaah the Exalted says, “Say: Verily my Prayer, and my Sacrifce, and my living and my dying are for Allaah, Lord of the Worlds, having no associate. This is what I was commanded with, and I am the frst of the Muslims.” [Sooratul-An’aam 6:162] And He said, “And I did not create the Jinn, nor mankind, except to worship Me.” [Sooratudh-Dhaariyaat 51:56] an-Nawawee (d.676H) said, “So mankind, along with every other creation, is in need of Allaah the Exalted in His Essence, and in whatever emanates from His Essence. It is not possible for the creation to be in need of anything except its Creator. And no one is self-suffcient by himself, except Allaah alone, and He is as-Samad (the Eternal), and al-Ghanee (the Self-
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