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Q 4: What is Worship?

by Hafiz Ibn Ahmed Al Hakami1 min readViewed 62 times

A--- "Worship" is a comprehensive word that refers to all that which pleases Allah, and that which He likes, viz., good words and deeds that are made manifest or concealed; and freedom from all that which contradicts this.

Reference: 200 FAQ On Muslims Belief - Shiekh Hafiz Ibn Ahmed Al Hakami

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1Q 1: What is the first (religious) obligation on worshippers?
2Q 2: What is that thing for which Allah innovated the Creation?
3Q 3: What does the word `Abd (worshipper) mean?
4Q 4: What is Worship?
5Q 5: When can a deed be an act of worship?
6Q 6: What can tell that Allah's slave loves his Lord, the Almighty?
7Q 7: How could Allah's slaves know what He loves?
8Q 8: How many are the conditions of worship?
9Q 9: What does "Sincerity of determination" mean?
10Q 10: What does "Sincerity of intention" mean?
11Q 11: What is the only religion man is ordered to embrace?
12Q 12: How many are the grades of Islam?
13Q 13: What is Islam?
14Q 14: What is the proof that the word "Islam" is used to denote the whole matter of religion?
15Q 15: What is the proof that Islam is defined as being the five pillars of this religion when considered in detail?
16Q 16: What is the position of the two testimonies in Islam?
17Q 17: What is the proof of the testimony that there is no god but Allah?
18Q 18: What does the testimony, "There is no god but Allah" mean?
19Q 19: What are the conditions of Shahadah (Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah) that must be fulfilled by the one who pronounces it?
20Q 20: What is the textual proof of making knowledge of the meaning of the Shahadah a condition for pronouncing it?
21Q 21: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah (Tradition) that a Muslim must have absolute faith?
22Q 22: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must submit completely to Allah and that this is a precondition of his faith?
23Q 23: What is the textual proof that acceptance (of the Message of Islam) is a precondition of faith in Allah from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
24Q 24: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must be sincere?
25Q 25: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must be honest?
26Q 26: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that love for
27Q 27: What is the textual proof that one should make friends and declare enmity only for Allah's Sake?
28Q 28: What is the textual proof of the testimony that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?
29Q 29: What is the meaning of testifying that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?
30Q 30: What are the conditions of testifying that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? Could the first testimony (relating to Allah) be acceptable without this one?
31Q 31: What is the textual proof that Prayer and Zakah are compulsory?
32Q 32: What is the textual proof that Sawm (Fasting) is obligatory?
33Q 33: What is the textual proof that Pilgrimage (Hajj) is compulsory?
34Q 34: What is the ruling pertaining to one who denies one of the aforementioned rites, or acknowledges them but neglects them out of arrogance and pride?
35Q 35: What is the ruling pertaining to one who acknowledges them, but neglects them due to laziness or false interpretation?
36Q 36: What is Iman (Faith)?
37Q 37: What is the textual proof that Faith must be expressed in words and deeds?
38Q 38: What is the textual proof that Faith increases and decreases?
39Q 39: What is the textual proof that degrees of Faith vary from one person to another?
40Q 40: What is the textual proof that the word Iman "Faith" is used to mean every aspect of the religion (of Islam)?
41Q 41: What is the textual proof that when Faith is considered in detail, it refers to the six articles?
42Q 42: What is the textual proof of these articles of Faith from the Glorious Qur'an, mentioned together?
43Q 43: What does having faith in Allah Almighty mean?
44Q 44: What does Oneness of the Worship of Allah mean?
45Q 45: What is the opposite of "Oneness of the Worship of Allah"?
46Q 46: What does Major Shirk mean?
47Q 47: What is [As-Shirk Al-Asghar] Minor Shirk (polytheism)?
48Q 48: What is the difference between "and" and "then" in these expressions?
49Q 49: What does "Oneness of the Lordship of Allah" mean?
50Q 50: What is the opposite of "Oneness of the Lordship of Allah"?
51Q 51: What does the Oneness of the Names and Attributes of Allah mean?
52Q 52: What is the textual proof of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
53Q 53: Cite some examples on the Most Beautiful Names of Allah from the Glorious Qur'an?
54Q 54: Cite some examples on the Most Beautiful Names of Allah from the Prophetic Sunnah?
55Q 55: How many indications do the Most Beautiful Names of Allah denote?
56Q 56: Cite some examples on this?
57Q 57: How many indications do the Most Beautiful Names of Allah denote by way of Indication?
58Q 58: How many types are the Most Beautiful Names pertaining to calling Almighty Allah therewith?
59Q 59: Almighty Allah's Names are divided into two categories: those related to the Entity, and those related to His Acting. Cite some examples on those related to the Entity from the Glorious Qur'an?
60Q 60: Cite some examples on those Most Beautiful Names that are related to the Entity from the Prophetic Sunnah?
61Q 61: Cite some of the examples from the Glorious Qur'an that relate some of Allah's Acting Attributes?
62Q 62: Cite some of the examples from the Prophetic Sunnah that relate some of His Acting Attributes?
63Q 63: Can Names be derived from all the Attributes related to His Acting, Glorified is He?
64Q 64: What does His Name "the Ever Exalted" denote, along with other Names giving the same connotation such as "the Evident”, "the Sublime Vanquisher", and "the Supremely High"?
65Q 65: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that Allah is High in Place?
66Q 66: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that Allah is High in Place?
67Q 67: What did the earlier godly scholars say pertaining to the issue of [Istiwa’] Rising Over (the Throne)?
68Q 68: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that Allah is the Sublime Vanquisher?
69Q 69: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that Allah is the Sublime Vanquisher?
70Q 70: What is the textual proof that Allah is the Most High in Rank? What must be negated pertaining to Allah the Almighty?
71Q 71: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) regarding the Most Beautiful Names of Allah that reads: "Whoever knows them will be admitted into Paradise?"
72Q 72: What does contradict [Tawhid Al-Asma’ was-Sifat] the Oneness of the Names and Attributes of Allah?
73Q 73: Are all types of [Tawhid] the Oneness of Allah correlative?
74Q 74: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim believes in the existence of Angels?
75Q 75: What does believing in the Angels mean?
76Q 76: Cite some of their kinds considering their nature and the missions they tackle?
77Q 77: What is the Qur'anic textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the Heavenly Scriptures?
78Q 78: Have all the Heavenly Scriptures been mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an?
79Q 79: What does affirming faith in Allah's Scriptures mean?
80Q 80: What is the position of the Glorious Qur'an among the earlier Divine Books?
81Q 81: What should the whole (Ummah) Community abide with pertaining to the Glorious Qur'an?
82Q 82: What does holding fast to the Qur'an and observing its right mean?
83Q 83: What is the ruling pertaining to him who claims that the Qur'an is "Created"?
84Q 84: Is the Speech Attribute related to Allah's Entity or is it linked to His Acting Attributes?
85Q 85: Who are the Waqifah, and what is the ruling pertaining to them?
86Q 86: What is the ruling pertaining to one who says: "My pronunciation of the Qur'an is created"?
87Q 87: What is the textual proof that a Muslim should believe in Allah's Messengers?
88Q 88: What does "to have Faith in the Messengers of Allah" mean?
89Q 89: Did the call of the Messengers correspond with one another regarding the orders and prohibitions they conveyed?
90Q 90: What is the textual proof that they call for the same principle of worship (mentioned earlier)?
91Q 91: What is the proof of the differences among their Shara’i` (pl. Shari'ah) laws pertaining to what is lawful [Halal] and what is unlawful [Haram]?
92Q 92: Have all the Messengers been mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an?
93Q 93: How many Messengers are mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an?
94Q 94: Who are the Messengers of Firm Will [Ulul-`Azm]?
95Q 95: Who was the first Messenger?
96Q 96: When did the differing take place?
97Q 97: Who is the last (seal) of the Prophets?
98Q 98: What is the textual proof of this?
99Q 99: What was given by Allah to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and not to any of the other Prophets?
100Q 100: What are the Miracles of the Prophets?
101Q 101: What is the textual proof of the miraculous nature of the Glorious Qur'an?
102Q 102: What is the textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the Last Day?
103Q 103: What does believing in the Last Day mean? What does it imply?
104Q 104: Does anyone know when the Last Hour will be?
105Q 105: Cite some examples from the Glorious Qur'an pertaining to the portents of the Last Hour?
106Q 106: Cite some examples from the Prophetic Sunnah pertaining to the portents of the Last Hour?
107Q 107: What is the textual proof of believing in death from the Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
108Q 108: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that the trial of the grave and its blessing or torment is a truth?
109Q 109: What is the textual proof of the trial of the grave from the Prophetic Sunnah?
110Q 110: What is the textual proof that there will be a resurrection from the graves?
111Q 111: What is the ruling pertaining to him who belies resurrection?
112Q 112: What is the textual proof that there will be the blowing in the Horn? How many are the blowings?
113Q 113: How is the manner of Gathering demonstrated in the Glorious Qur'an?
114Q 114: How is the manner of Gathering demonstrated in the Prophetic Sunnah?
115Q 115: Cite some descriptions of how people would stand in the Day of Judgment from the Glorious Qur'an?
116Q 116: Cite some descriptions of how people would stand in the Day of Judgment from the Prophetic Sunnah?
117Q 117: Cite some descriptions of the Display and Reckoning in the Day of Judgment from the Glorious Qur'an?
118Q 118: Cite some descriptions of the Display and Reckoning in the Day of Judgment from the Prophetic Sunnah?
119Q 119: Cite some descriptions of the Spreading of the Records of deeds from the Glorious Qur'an?
120Q 120: Cite some descriptions of the Spreading of the Records of deeds from the Prophetic Sunnah?
121Q 121: What is the Qur'anic textual proof that the Balance is a truth? How is it described?
122Q 122: What is the Textual proof that the Balance is a truth from the Prophetic Sunnah? How is it described?
123Q 123: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that the Straight Path exists?
124Q 124: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that the Straight Path exists?
125Q 125: What is the Qur'anic textual proof that being judged rightfully (Just Retaliation) is a fact of the Last Day?
126Q 126: What is the textual proof that being judged rightfully (Just Retaliation) is a fact of the Last Day from the Prophetic Sunnah?
127Q 127: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an that the Cistern exists?
128Q 128: What is the textual proof from the Prophetic Sunnah that the Cistern exists?
129Q 129: What is the textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the existence of Paradise and Hellfire?
130Q 130: What does Faith in Paradise and Hell-Fire mean?
131Q 131: What is the textual proof that they are currently existing?
132Q 132: What is the textual proof that they are eternally existing (by the Leave of Allah)?
133Q 133: What is the textual proof that the believers will see their Lord on the Hereafter?
134Q 134: What is the textual proof of Shafa 'ah Intercession? Who will practice it? For the sake of whom? When?
135Q 135: How many kinds of Intercession are there? Which is the greatest one?
136Q 136: Would anybody attain salvation on the Day of Resurrection because of his deeds?
137Q 137: How can we compromise between the earlier Hadith and the Qur'anic verse that reads: {And it will be cried out to them: This is the Paradise which you have inherited for what you used to do}. (Al-A' raf, 43)?
138Q 138: What is the textual proof that a Muslim must believe in the Divine Decree (Predestination)?
139Q 139: How many are the ranks of affirming faith in the Divine Decree?
140Q 140: What is the textual proof that faith in Allah's Comprehensive Knowledge is one of faith ranks in His Divine Decree?
141Q 141: What is the textual proof that faith in the Pre-recording of everything is one of faith ranks in His Divine Decree?
142Q 142: How many Pre-ordainments are implied in this rank?
143Q 143: What is the textual proof of the Eternal Pre-ordainment?
144Q 144: What is the textual proof of the Life-time Pre-ordainment on the Day of Covenant?
145Q 145: What is the textual proof of the Life-time Pre-ordainment when the Nutfah is first created?
146Q 146: What is the textual proof of the Annual Pre-ordainment that takes place during Lailat Al-Qadr (the Night of Might)?
147Q 147: What is the textual proof of the Daily Preordainment?
148Q 148: What are the requirements of Preordainments?
149Q 149: What is the textual proof of the third rank: affirming faith in the Willingness of Allah?
150Q 150: Allah the Almighty informed us in His Book, on the tongue of His Messenger, and through His Attributes that He loves the charitable, pious and patient ones and that He is pleased with those who believed and observed good deeds. And that He dislikes the disbelievers and the transgressors and He does not satisfy Himself with the disbelief of His slaves or their mischief. Though all this is only done by the Will of Allah and His Wish and that had it been His .Will, nothing of these would have been done as nothing can be observed throughout His Dominion without His Consent and Will. So, what should the answer be to the one who says: How can it be heeded that Allah wills and wishes what He dislikes or does not want?
151Q 151: What is the textual proof of the fourth rank: Affirming faith that Allah is the Creator of everything?
152Q 152: What does the following statement of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) mean: "And all the goodness is in Your Hand; and the evil is not (attributed) to You”?
153Q 153: Do the slaves have any kind of will or ability over their acts?
154Q 154: How can we answer the following question: Isn't Allah Able to make all His slaves obedient and guided believers?
155Q 155: What is the position of affirming faith in the Divine Decree in religion?
156Q 156: How many are the branches of Iman (Faith)?
157Q 157: How did scholars interpret these branches?
158Q 158: Mention what they counted?
159Q 159: What is the textual proof of Ihsan (Perfection of Faith) from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah?
160Q 160: What does Ihsan (perfection of Faith) in worship mean?
161Q 161: What contradicts Iman (Faith)?
162Q 162: Explain how does dogmatic disbelief exclude one from the fold of Islam?
163Q 163: How many are the divisions of Major Disbelief?
164Q 164: What does "Kufr Jahl wa Takdhib" mean?
165Q 165: What does "Kufr Juhud" mean?
166Q 166: What does "Kufr 'Inad wa Istikbar" mean?
167Q 167: What does "Kufr Nifaq" mean?
168Q 168: What is the practical disbelief that does not exclude one from the fold of Islam?
169Q 169: If it is said: Prostrating oneself before an idol, mocking at the Qur'an, abusing the Prophet and religion, etc. all these are regarded as aspects of the practical disbelief. The question is! Why do these acts exclude one from the fold of Islam, while the practical disbelief in general does not?
170Q 170: Into how many divisions do the following terms divide: Injustice, Debauchery, and Hypocrisy?
171Q 171: Cite some examples of the Major and Minor Injustice?
172Q 172: Cite some examples of the Major and Minor Debauchery?
173Q 173: Cite some examples of the Major and Minor Hypocrisy?
174Q 174: What is the ruling pertaining to Sorcery and Sorcerers?
175Q 175: What is the [Hadd] Prescribed Penalty for the Sorcerer?
176Q 176: What is the Nushrah?
177Q 177: What are the lawful Ruqa (Pl. Ruqyah)?
178Q 178: What are the unlawful Ruqa (Pl. Ruqyah)?
179Q 179: What is the ruling pertaining to necklaces of amulets, strings, rings, threads, cowrie shells (supposedly used to save one from the influence of the evil eye!), etc.?
180Q 180: What is the ruling pertaining to Wearing Amulets containing something of the Glorious Qur'an?
181Q 181: What is the ruling pertaining to Soothsayers?
182Q 182: What is the ruling pertaining to whosoever believes a Soothsayer?
183Q 183: What is the ruling pertaining to Practicing Astrology?
184Q 184: What is the ruling pertaining to prognosticating rain due to rising or setting of stars?
185Q 185: What is the ruling pertaining to Divination and the like?
186Q 186: What is the ruling pertaining to the Evil Eye?
187Q 187: Into how many divisions are sins (deeds of disobedience) divided?
188Q 188: How are sins expiated?
189Q 189: What does "Major Sins" mean?
190Q 190: How can all sins - Major and Minor – be expiated?
191Q 191: What does "Sincere Repentance" mean?
192Q 192: When does repentance cease pertaining to each human being?
193Q 193: When does repentance cease pertaining to the whole universe?
194Q 194: What is the ruling pertaining to whosoever dies from among the monotheists while he insists on committing a Major Sin?
195Q 195: Are Al-Hudud (the Prescribed Penalties) expiatory?
196Q 196: How can we compromise between the saying of the Prophet "It is up to Allah to forgive or punish him", and between what is mentioned earlier that one whose sins outweigh his good deeds, will enter Hell-fire?
197Q 197: What is the straight path we are ordered to follow?
198Q 198: How can one pass it safely?
199Q 199: What is the antonym of Sunnah?
200Q 200:What are the divisions of Innovation pertaining to its breach of religion?
201Q 201: What are the Blasphemous Innovations?
202Q 202: What is that other than the Non-blasphemous Innovation?
203Q 203:What are the divisions of Innovation pertaining to the field in which it takes place?
204Q 204: What are the divisions of Innovations in Acts of worship?
205Q 205: How does Innovation affect the Act of Worship it touches?
206Q 206: What are the Innovations pertaining to dealings?
207Q 207: What do we must observe regarding the companions of the Prophet and his household?
208Q 208: Who is the best amongst the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in general?
209Q 209: Who is the best amongst the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in details?
210Q 210: How many years did the Caliphate last after Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
211Q 211: What is the general proof of their (the four Caliphs') right to the Caliphate?
212Q 212: What is the detailed proof that the first three Caliphs have a right to the Caliphate?
213Q 213: What is the proof of the Caliphate of Abu Bakr and `Umar?
214Q 214: What is the proof that Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Allah's Messenger?
215Q 215: What is the proof that `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Abu Bakr?
216Q 216: What is the proof that `Uthman (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Abu Bakr and `Umar?
217Q 217: What is the proof that 'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) has the right to the Caliphate and being a successor to Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman?
218Q 218: What should be observed towards the people of authority?
219Q 219: What is the textual proof of all this?
220Q 220: Whose is the duty of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil? What are its ranks?
221Q 221: What is the ruling pertaining to Wondrous Acts of Auliya '?
222Q 222: Who is Allah's Waii33 (pl. Auliya')?
223Q 223: Who is the group meant by the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in the following Hadith: "A group of people from my Ummah will continue to obey Allah's Command, and those who desert or oppose them shall not be able to do them any harm. They will be dominating the people until Allah's Command is executed (i.e. Resurrection is established.