Yahya Ibrahim – Road to Return #18 – Good Actions With The Wrong Intention

			wrong intentions for good actions. So Pamela, this element of cognitive dissonance is one of two
transgressions that are really important for us to understand. See, you could say, Oh, you know, I'm
doing good. But if you're doing it for the wrong reason, it's a little to no value. In fact, it can
be countering to the value that you seek.
		

			Allah Subhana Allah is tidy up is the source of all good whenever you're coming to Alaska, and he
only accepts that which is good, that which is sincere and that which is seeking Him with your
intent, in worship, in love in fear and hope of him. Subhana Allah to Allah, it's not enough to do a
good deed. If your heart is not targeting seeking yearning for a loss, pleasure fearing and hopeful
to be escaping of a loss, punishment and wrath. And yes, as believers we speak of a loss or a Diwan,
and also of a loss of a loss contentment and pleasure with us and of Allah's wrath and anger. We are
a people who understand that there's a balance of doing good, seeking good for it and doing good,
		

			but we can be from those who want to escape evil as a consequence of it. And in between, that is
where we seek to establish the good deed, but always with the right intention. See wrong intentions
are of three important type. The first type is to be seen. Allah subhanho wa Taala warns us euro una
Nast, you know, somebody might stand up to pray, they pray just a little bit better because others
are observing them. Their prayer is there but it's hollow, at the end of it has received little to
no reward the prophets I send them said rubato Julian, perhaps a person will stand up and pray and
they will only get useful Hi, Roberto, how are SRA they only get half of its reward or a quarter or
		

			even a 10th because at the end of it, it wasn't for Allah on the inside, it was just done and the
outside. Another important way that intentions can be done and has been polluted and done with the
wrong intentions is that we are seeking to please Allah but we are seeking to please others more
than Allah. So yes, you're worshipping Alon, you did your sada but it's more because you want your
parents to acknowledge that you did it. It's you want your parents to reward you in one way or
another. You want other people to know and make known that you have accomplished this or done this.
And Allah warns us about this in the Quran, the prophets, Allah, Allah and he was sending warns us
		

			about scholars and rich, giving charitable people and about those who fought in defense of others,
that it was a sin on their behalf. Because the scholar wanted people's praise. The rich person wants
it to be acknowledged as charitable and that moja hate that person who fought to defend the truth
wasn't for the truth, but for people to say they were courageous. The third false intent that you
and I need to protect ourselves from, is that we started off with the right intent, but we ended off
with the wrong intent, that at the end of it wasn't about Allah subhanho wa Taala more so than about
political gain, or financial gain or being acknowledged or being, you know, rewarded in one way or
		

			another by other people. Don't ever assume that because you're doing something good that its reward
is intact. If your intentions are not solely for Allah, any act of worship, any act that is
targeting Allah Subhana Allah is pleasure must meet two simple conditions. It must be sincere,
complete in its floss and the word of floss means freeing everything and everyone from it except a
lot. And number two, that it must meet the tradition. The sooner the habit, the lifestyle of the
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, it must be taught to us by him shown to us and its
roots must be taken from his action. We don't invent things along the way, and claim that they will
		

			be accepted if there is an evidence from his life sallallahu alayhi wa sallam what a mirror truly an
akuna a well, meaning I've been ordered to worship Allah booklets on nadeen Allah subhanaw taala
commends the prophet to tell us to have a floss and to be from those who do it with submission to
Allah Subhana Allah to Allah, may Allah free our hearts of attachments to other than Him and allow
us to continue doing good deeds that are seeking Him subhanho wa Taala