Quotes About Ta`at and `Ibadat (Acts of Obedience and Worship Toward God)

“Worshipers never performed an act of worship better than staying away from that which Allah forbade them.

al-Hasan bin Ali (Grandson of the Prophet ﷺ)

“Increasing your worship increases your health, wealth and quality of life. Doors will open, illness averted and tranquility will reign your life.

Yahya Adel Ibrahim

“The best act of worship is the fulfilling of what is obligatory and the abstaining from what is forbidden.

Umar ibn Abdul Aziz

“The root of every act of rebellion, every appetite and every moment of heedlessness is satisfaction with one’s self. The root of every act of obedience, every restraint and every moment of wakefulness is lack of satisfaction with one’s self.

Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Iskandari

“There is no separation between correcting what is inward and correcting what is outward or physical. The outward acts of worship which a person performs with his physical faculties—if he does them for the sake of Allah—will undoubtedly have an effect on his inward nature.

Ibn Taymiyyah

“There is no relationship between God and anyone except through obedience to Him.

Umar ibn al-Khattab

“Ibn Qayyim rahimahullah talks about this, in terms of tazkiyah, he says, you have to focus on WHY you are doing this, and for WHOM you are doing this for, instead of exactly WHAT you are doing. Because you see, exactly what you are doing is a means to an end.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“The discomfort of obedience to Allah will leave and its rewards will remain, and the pleasure of disobeying Allah leaves and its punishment remains.

Ibn al-Jawzi

“It is reported that al-Ahnaf ibn Qays was once told: “You are an aged elder; fasting would enfeeble you.” But he replied: “By this I am making ready for a long journey, Obedience to God, Glorified is He, is easier to endure than His punishment.”

Al-Ahnaf ibn Qays

“When Allah created His creation, He did so while He was completely independent of their obedience towards Him and of their disobedience towards Him. No disobedience can hurt Him and no obedience can benefit Him.

Anonymous Author

“Your service of Him is His greatest gift to you. Your deeds aren't a gift from you to God.They're a gift from God to you. And yet He rewards [you] for them!

Yasmin Mogahed

“How wretched is the one who derives pleasures only by disobeying his Lord, and how fortunate is he who finds peace only in obeying his Lord.

Yasir Qadhi

“With all of the storms thrown your way, and with all the chaos in this world, only in the worship of Allah will you find your tranquility.

Yasir Qadhi

“Acts of worship empower and uplift us because Allah created us to worship Him. So by worshipping Him, we fulfill our purpose in being here.

Yasir Qadhi

“Start a business of worshiping Allah, and all types of profits shall come to you without the need of investing any capital.

Malik ibn Dinar

“Worship and obedience illuminate the heart and make it strong and steadfast, until it becomes like a clear mirror, shining with light. When Shaytaan (Satan) draws close, he is struck by its light like those who try to eavesdrop [in the heavens] are struck by the shooting stars, and Shaytaan flees from this heart with more terror than a wolf fleeing from a lion.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

“O you who worship without the presence of the heart! The likeness of you is as the likeness of a donkey that has had its eyes blindfolded while turning the mill. It thinks it has walked many miles, when it fact it has not left its place.

Imam Abdul-Qadir Gilani

“Even acts of pure worship in the shar` (Allah's law) have [deep] purposes, and for this reason the Quran mentions the reasons behind these acts, for example the salah "restrains from shameful and unjust deeds" [Quran 29:45] and the zakah "to cleanse them and purify them thereby" [Quran 9:103] and siyam [fasting] "to acquire fear and mindfulness of God" [Quran 2:183] and the haj [pilgrimage to Makkah] "so that they might experience much that shall be of benefit to them, and that they might extol the name of God" [Quran 22:28]

Yusuf al-Qaradhawi

Quotes About Ta`at and `Ibadat (Acts of Obedience and Worship Toward God)

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