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Subject: (true submission to Allaah)
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akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:00am
Ibaadah (worship) in Arabic means submission and humbling oneself. The Arabs use the phrase tareeq muabbad to describe a smooth path which has been become smooth because so many feet have walked on it. * +

akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:00am
In Islamic terminology the word ibaadah is used in two senses: * +

akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:00am
1 The actions of a person, such as praying or paying zakaah, which are described as ibaadah. The scholars defined it as follows: It means obeying Allaah by doing that which He has commanded and avoiding that which He has forbidden, whilst loving Allaah, fearing Him and putting ones hopes in Him. * +

akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:01am
2 It also refers to the action itself in abstract terms, such as prayer, zakaah, etc. The scholars defined it as follows: This is a comprehensive word which includes all word and deeds that Allaah loves and is pleased with, both outward and inward. * +

akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:01am
These enjoined actions are called ibaadaat (acts of worship) because people do them in humility and with love for their Lord. In worshipping Allaah there has to be complete love as well as complete submission to Him. * +

akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:02am
Our Lord has told us that the ultimate purpose behind the creation of the jinn and mankind is so that they will worship Him alone with no partner or associate. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): * +

akramwap 10.09.11 - 04:02am
And I (Allaah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me (Alone) (al-Dhaariyaat 51:56) * +

iminuru 10.09.11 - 08:01am
Jaza kumuLLAH khair. * +

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