Why Intention Changes Everything in Worship
Riyadul Saliheen: The Chapter on Sincerity and Intention - Biography of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Summary
This lecture from the Muslim Community Center of Tucson presents a study session from Riyadul Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous) by Imam Al-Nawawi, focusing on the first chapter concerning sincerity and intention in acts of worship. The speaker discusses the importance of intentionality in all forms of worship, emphasizing that every action must be performed with sincere intention. The lecture includes detailed discussion of the companion Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, one of the ten companions promised paradise, his genealogy, his virtues, and his status among the Prophet's companions.
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رب العالمين والصلاه والسلام على رسوله الكريم وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين واشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد فقراءتنا موصوله في كتاب رياض الصالحين من كلام سيد المرسلين للحافظ ابي زكريا يحيى ابن شرف النووي رحمه الله تعالى رحمه واسعه في الباب الاول باب الاخلاص واحضار النيه رياض الصالحين and intention in all acts of worship in behaى we mention before that all actions every one of them every act of worship is predicated لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه.
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and ch and of sincerity and of intentionality that every act of worship has to be intentional at the narration here we have narration on سعد بن ابي وقاس سعد بن ابي وقاس رضي الله عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه virtue companions hold just the deree ofe that propets and messengers so for instance if we were to are 124000 prophets who are the best among them those 315 who were chosen 2ر العزم من الرسل الله سبحانه وتعالى خليل ابراهيم عليه السلام محمد صلى الله ممد صلى الله عليه وسلم.
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رضي الله عنهم yitce minion introductionally acceptition من راى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مؤمنا به ومات على ذلك صلى الله عليه wasever him disbelief and later believed after no he met him as a believer and then he died upon belief he died a that is the bare minimum of what a companion is but not all of those companions are the same level and so when we look at the virtue of رضي الله عنهم.
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مهاجرينص اهل بيعه الرضوان صلى الله عليه وسلم سوره الفتح بيعه العقبه صلى الله عليه وسلم الحديبيه عثمان الحيج people the are those 10 comparation بكر عباس سعد زيد صلى الله عليه ع في الجنه خلفاء ابو بكر الصديق رياض الصالحين امام الحافظ النووي رحمه الله.
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في الجنه عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه سعد بن ابي وقاس رضي الله عنه سعد بن ابي وقاس was صلى الله عليه وسلم هذا خالي فليرني الرجل خاله خال سعد بن ابي وقاس.
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الله عليه وسلم سعد بن ابي وقاس الله سعد بن ابي وقاس صلى الله عليه وسلم بن الخطاب الكوفه الكوفه عراق سعد بن ابي وقاس الكوفه من كف رضي الله عنه وقاس ان شاء الله يقول عن ابي اسحاقيا ابو اسحاق سعد بن ابي وقاس وقاس مالك السعد ابن ابي وقاس سعد ابن مالك سعد بن ابي وقاس مالك بن اهيب بن عبد مناف زهره ابن كلاب بن مره صلى صل الله عليه وسلم ابن كعب بن لؤي القرشي الزهري رضي الله عنه احد العشره المشهود لهم بالجنه رضي الله عنه ان شاء الله والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين وجزاكم الله خيرا.