Subul al-Salam — Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam by Ibn Baz (شرح نواقض الإسلام) — Page 20

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

سُبُلُ السَّلَامِ شَرْحُ نَوَاقِضِ الْإِسْلَامِ.

Subul al-Salam: An Explanation of the Nullifiers of Islam.

إِخْلَاصٌ لَهُ - سُبْحَانَهُ - ، وَعَنْ رَغْبَةٍ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُ وَعَنْ خَشْيَةٍ لَهُ وَخَوْفٍ مِنْهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى - ، وَلَا بُدَّ مَعَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ الْعِبَادَةُ مُوَافِقَةً لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُ فِي حَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَفِي حَقِّ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمَاضِينَ، لَابُدَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ كَذَلِكَ فِي حَقِّ نُوحٍ، لَابُدَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْعِبَادَةُ لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُ مُوَافِقَةً لِمَا جَاءَ بِهِ نُوحٌ.

It must be done with sincerity to Him—Glory be to Him—out of desire for what He has, and out of reverence and fear of Him—Glory be to Him and Exalted is He—and furthermore, this worship must be in accordance with what His Prophet brought, in the case of Muhammad, and in the case of the past prophets; it must be likewise in the case of Noah, for worship of God alone must be in accordance with what Noah brought.

وَقَالَ: «الْعِبَادَةُ: هِيَ تَوْحِيدُ اللَّهِ وَطَاعَتُهُ هِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ وَالْإِيمَانُ، هِيَ الِانْقِيَادُ لِشَرْعِ اللَّهِ، هَذِهِ هِيَ طَاعَةُ اللَّهِ، هِيَ الْهُدَى، هِيَ الْبِرُّ وَالتَّقْوَى، هِيَ الْعِبَادَةُ الَّتِي أَنْتَ مَخْلُوقٌ لَهَا سُمِّيَتْ إِسْلَامًا، وَسُمِّيَتْ إِيمَانًا، وَسُمِّيَتْ عِبَادَةً، وَسُمِّيَتْ طَاعَةَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَسُمِّيَتْ تَقْوَى وَبِرًّا وَهُدًى، وَحَقِيقَةُ الْأَمْرِ أَنَّهَا فِعْلُ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ وَتَرْكُ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ».

He said: 'Worship is the unification of God and obedience to Him; it is Islam and faith; it is submission to the law of God; this is obedience to God; it is guidance; it is righteousness and piety; it is the worship for which you were created. It has been called Islam, it has been called faith, it has been called worship, it has been called obedience to God and His Messenger, and it has been called piety, righteousness, and guidance; the reality of the matter is that it is doing what God has commanded and leaving what God has forbidden.'

وَقَالَ: «قَالَ بَعْضُ السَّلَفِ: مَنْ عَبَدَ اللَّهَ بِالْحُبِّ وَفِي زَعْمِهِ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ فَقَطْ فَهُوَ زِنْدِيقٌ، فَكَيْفَ لَا يَخَافُ اللَّهَ وَلَا يَرْجُوهُ؟

He said: 'Some of the predecessors said: Whoever worships God through love, claiming that he only loves God, is a heretic; for how can he not fear God and not hope in Him?'

وَمَنْ هُوَ حَتَّى لَا يَخَافُ اللَّهَ وَلَا يَرْجُوهُ؟! وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ فِي الرُّسُلِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَسَلَّمَ -: ﴿إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا﴾.

And who is he to not fear God and not hope in Him?! God has said regarding the messengers—may God’s peace and blessings be upon them—: "Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate to Us in hope and fear."

مَا قَالَ: يَدْعُونَنَا حُبًّا [فَقَطْ] قَالَ: وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا رَغَبًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَرَهَبًا مِنَ النَّارِ...

He did not say: 'They supplicate to Us out of love [only],' but rather said: 'And they supplicate to Us in hope and fear,' hope for Paradise and fear of the Fire...

فَالرُّسُلُ وَالْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ خَافُوا عَذَابَ اللَّهِ وَرَجَوْا ثَوَابَهُ، وَأَحَبُّوهُ حُبًّا صَادِقًا حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ وَتَرْكِ مَعْصِيَتِهِ، لَمْ يَحْمِلْهُمْ عَلَى الْغُلُوِّ أَوِ الْعُجْبِ وَالْكِبْرِ، حَمَلَهُمْ عَلَى طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَالْخَوْفِ مِنْهُ وَالرَّغَبِ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُ، الْعِبَادَةُ تَكُونُ عَنْ حُبٍّ، وَعَنْ رَجَاءٍ، وَعَنْ خَوْفٍ، لَا عَنْ كِبْرٍ وَبَطَرٍ وَتَرَفُّعٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ».

Thus, the messengers, the prophets, and the believers feared the punishment of God and hoped for His reward, and they loved Him with a sincere love that compelled them to obey Him and abandon disobedience to Him; it did not compel them to extremism, vanity, or arrogance; it compelled them to obedience to God, fear of Him, and desire for what He has. Worship is based on love, hope, and fear, not on arrogance, insolence, and looking down upon people.'

Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 47 nouns)

• سَبَّحَ — to glorify
• كَانَ — to be
• جَاءَ — to come
• وَحَّدَ — to unify
• خَلَقَ — to create
• سَمَّى — to name
• أَمَرَ — to command
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• نَهَى — to forbid
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• خَافَ — to fear
• رَجَا — to hope
• صَلَّى — to pray
• سَلَّمَ — to greet
• سَارَعَ — to hasten
• دَعَا — to call
• حَمَلَ — to motivate or compel
• تَرَفَّعَ — to be haughty
• سَبِيل — path
• سَلَام — peace
• شَرْح — explanation
• نَاقِض — nullifier
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• إِخْلَاص — sincerity
• رَغْبَة — desire
• خَشْيَة — awe
• خَوْف — fear
• عِبَادَة — worship
• مُوَافِق — conforming
• نَبِي — prophet
• حَق — right
• أَنْبِيَاء — prophets
• مَاضِي — past
• تَوْحِيد — monotheism
• طَاعَة — obedience
• إِيمَان — faith
• انْقِيَاد — submission
• شَرْع — law
• هُدَى — guidance
• بِر — piety
• تَقْوَى — godliness
• مَخْلُوق — created being
• حَقِيقَة — truth
• أَمْر — matter
• فِعْل — action
• تَرْك — abandonment
• سَلَف — predecessor
• حُب — love
• زَعْم — claim
• زِنْدِيق — heretic
• رَسُول — messenger
• خَيْر — good deed
• جَنَّة — paradise
• نَار — fire
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• عَذَاب — punishment
• ثَوَاب — reward
• صَادِق — truthful
• غُلُو — extremism
• عُجْب — vanity
• كِبْر — arrogance
• رَجَاء — hope
• بَطَر — insolence
• تَرَفُّع — haughtiness
• نَاس — people