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you all made it Halaal?” He replied “Certainly.” The Prophet of
Allah said: “That is your worship to them.” 99
Obedience to scholars, Imams and rulers are only acceptable
when their orders comply with the Commands of Allah, because
the Messenger of Allah said: “Obedience is only in what is
good (i.e. within the boundaries laid down by Allah and His
Messenger ).” 100 And: “He who complies with the command of
a master, a leader or a ruler in disobedience and defiance of
Allah is an unbeliever and a Mushrik. There shall be no
obedience to a creature of Allah when it would involve
disobeying or displeasing Allah.” 101 Therefore, “Hearing and
obeying is (binding) upon the Muslim in what he likes or
dislikes, so long as he is not ordered to sin. If he is ordered with
sin, then there is no hearing and no obeying.” 102
Forms of Worship
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullah) writes in
Madaarijus-Saalikeen: “Uboodiyyah (worship) is a comprehensive
term that asserts the meaning of the verse, “You alone do we
worship and You alone we seek for help.” 103 It comprises the
slavery of the heart, tongue, and the limbs to Allah. The slavery of
the heart includes both the Qawl (saying of the heart) and the
Aamaal (action of the heart). The saying of the heart is the belief in
what Allah has informed about His Self, His Names and
Attributes, His Actions, His Angels and all that which He
revealed in His Books and sent upon the tongue of His Messenger
Muhammad .
99 Tirmidhee, vol. 3, p.56. no. 247.
100 Saheeh al-Bukharee (Eng. Trans.) v: 9, no: 259, and Saheeh Muslim
(Eng. Trans.) v: 3 no: 4535.
101 Saheeh Muslim, Book of Imarah, p.1469
102 Saheeh al-Bukharee (Eng. Trans.) vol: 9, no: 258, and Saheeh
Muslim (Eng. Trans.) vol: 3, no: 4533, and Abu Dawood.
103 Soorah al-Fatihah (1): 5.
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