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Conditions for the Acceptance of Good Deeds
The deeds of slaves will not be accepted unless two
conditions are met:
1st Condition: Sincerity, i.e. the deeds must be done sincerely
for the sake of Allah. Allah says: And they were commanded not but that they should
worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone
(abstaining from ascribing partners to Him) and perform
As-Salat and give Zakat: and that is the right Deen. (98:5)
Allah, the Exalted, says in the Hadeeth Qudsi15F
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‘I have no need for partners. Whoever does a deed while
associating partners with Me, I would leave him and his
Shirk.' (Muslim #2985)
2nd Condition: To follow the example of the Prophet ﷺ; i.e. to
observe the act of worship the way he did. This condition
would not be correct unless six things are considered:
a. Reason for the act of worship: If a person worships Allah
for a certain reason which is not recognized in the Shari'ah, his
action would be considered as a rejected Bid'ah.
Example: Some people observe certain acts of worship
during the 27th night of Rajab. They claim that the Prophet ﷺ was taken on the Night Journey in this night. Night prayer is a
valid act of worship, but the reason it is initiated during this
night is not acknowledged in Shari'ah. With this point, one can
clearly differentiate between Bid'ah and Sunnah acts.
b. Its type: The act of worship should agree with the Shari'ah
in its type. If a person worships Allah by an act of worship
16 Hadeeth Qudsi: Its meaning is from Allah, whereas its words are
from the Prophet ﷺ.
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which is not acknowledged in the Shari'ah it would not be
acceptable.
Example: If a person slaughters a horse as a sacrificial
animal during the month of Dhul-Hijjah (12th month in the
Islamic calendar). This person's sacrificial animal would not be
accepted because he belied the Shari'ah in this point, since
sacrificial animals can only be a camel, cattle, goat or sheep.
c. Its steps: If a person wants to perform a prayer while
considering it an obligatory prayer, it would not be accepted
since the obligatory prayers are known in the Shari'ah.
Likewise, if a person prays Dhuhr prayer five units, his prayer
would not be accepted.
d. Its method: If a person makes wudhu and washes his feet
first and then wipes his head, we say that his wudhu is null
and void, since one must make wudhu in sequence.
e. Its time: If a person sacrifices his sacrificial animal in the
first days of Dhul-Hijjah his sacrifice would not be accepted
since he did not do it in the appropriate time.
f. Its place: If a person makes I'tikaaf in other than a Masjid,
his I'tikaaf would not be correct since it should be done in a
Masjid.16F
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( 17 Al-Ibdaa' fi Kamaal ash-Shar' for Sheik Muhammad b. Uthaimin.)
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