PURPOSE OF LIFE
The true
purpose of life is to worship Allah by loving Him alone.
1.
Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya said, 'O
Allah I didn't worship seeking the
reward of Your Paradise nor fearing your punishment, but I am
worshipping You for Your Love alone.' If
your worship is for saving
yourself or for gaining some reward for yourself, it is a hidden shirk, because you have associated something with
Allah,
either the reward or the punishment.
2.
Shaikh
Abul-Hasan ash-Shadhili (q), one of the greatest Sufi Shaikhs, was
asked by his
shaikh, "O my son, with what are you going
to
meet your Lord?" He said, "I am coming to Him with my poverty."
He said,
"O
my son, do not ever repeat this again. This is the
biggest idol, because you are still coming to Him with something. Free
yourself
of everything and then come to Him.
"The
people of laws and external knowledge hold fast to
their deeds and on that basis they establish the concept of reward and
punishment. If they are good, they find good and if they are bad they
find bad;
what benefits the servant is his deeds and what harms him is his deeds.
To the
People of the Way, this is the hidden Shirk, because one is associating
something with Allah. Although it is an obligation to do (good deeds),
yet the
heart must not be attached to those deeds. They should only be done for
His
sake and for His love, without expectation of anything in return."
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