Seeking Admiration From People
Intentions Are Harder Than Actions
May 28, 2014
Magnitude of Actions Affected by Intentions
May 29, 2014
Forsaking action for the sake of other people is to seek their admiration. To act for the sake of their admiration is to associate others with Allah. Devotion is when Allah frees you from both of these states.
—al-Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ [d. 187H]
(Read on pg 6-7, Ibn Rajab, Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Ghazali, The Purification of the Soul. Al-Firdous Ltd. London:1993.)
