WORSHIPING ALLAH ('IBADAH)

MAIN TOPICS
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1. Meaning of 'ibadah.
2. Results of misunderstanding of 'ibadah.
3. The massage of Islam and its universality and goals.
4. The Shari'ah of Islam or Fiqh/ Maqasid Shar’iyyah.

LEARNING OUTCOME

By the end of the topic, the student will be able to:

1) Understand the true meaning of 'ibadah.

2) Strengthen the faith to Allah by performing the best muraqabah as a slave to his master.
3) Strive the best to make his entire life just to worship Allah.

MAIN IDEAS

Allah said in the Holy Quran:

“I have not create the jinn and humankind for any other purpose
except they should worship Me.” -51: 56-

1. Meaning of 'ibadah

The word 'ibadah is derived from 'Abd (servant and slave).

Therefore, the meaning of 'ibadah is servitude and slavery.

The duty of a slave:
(i) to regard his master as his lord - to seek His plesure and showing our need.
(ii) to be always obidient to his master – to show our gratitude to Him every second.
(iii) to respect and revere his master – to give and render to Allah the right respect and
estimation that He deserves.

3. Results of misunderstanding of 'ibadah.

The wrong 'ibadah:

1) You are offering nawafil after nawafil, chants the name of God and recite the
Quran in a melodies tone, but you don't listen to the God's commands.
2) You are busy day and night discharging duties entrusted to you by other people,
but in same time, you act on the orders of unbelievers and polytheist, and never
care for the commandments of God in the affairs of your life.
3) You respect, revere and obey God all the time, but on the other side, you render
service to the rebels and enemies of your master, participates in the conspiracies
and co-operates with them in their efforts to efface his name from the world.

The real 'ibadah of God is to follow the law of God and lead a life according to His
commandmentsfrom the periodof puberty to the time of death.

Ibadah to Allah is not restricted to certain time or place or something ritual only.

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 4. The massage of Islam and its universality and goals.

That the massage of Islam is universal can be illustrated by the following:

(i) There is nothing difficul
difficultt in this religion for any person to believe or act upon.
(ii) Those aspects that are external regardless of time or place, for example, matters of
belief and worship, have been thoroughly explained in clear text (al-Quran) (al that
encompass every aspect. No one can add or delete anything from them.
(iii) Easy for one to accept and fit for every time and place.

The goal of the massage:

(i) Islam seeks to purify the soul through the recognition of Allah and His worship.
(ii) To reinforce the ties of man
mankind.
(iii) To establish the mankind on the basis of love, mercy, brotherhood, equality and
justice.

5. The Shari'ah of Islam or Fiqh

Fiqh// Maqasid Shar’iyyah.

There are some general principles that Islam lays down which the Musloims are expected
to follow:

1) It is not allowed to speculate about events that have not happened until they actually
occur.
2) One should avoid asking so many question which lead to speculation.
3) One should avoid making differences, splits or sects within Islam.
4) Any disputed issue is to be referred to the Quran and the sunnah.

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 HUMAN NEEDS

DHARURIYAT:
Absolute need

• Comprise all activities or things that are absolutely needed eg: food, house and
to the preservation of the five foundation of good transportation
individual and social life according to Islam.
• To guarantee ‘universal human needs’. WAJIB
• It is between LIFE AND DEATH. HARAM

HAJIYAT:
Necessity

• Comprise all activities or things that are necessery to the eg: clothes more than
preservation of the five foundation but rather, are needed one and handphone
to relieve or remove impediments and difficulties in life.
• To cater for ‘general day-to-day requirements’. SUNNAH
• It is about STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. MAKRUH

TAHSINIYAT:
Comfort and ease

eg: big and expensive

• Includes activities and things that go beyond the limits of cars and furnitures
conveniences. It includes matters that do not remove or
relieve difficulties but rather those that complement,
brighten or adorn life.
MUBAH
• To ‘adorn’ and ‘enhance’ quality of life.

• Preservation of the five foundation/ Universal human needs:

1) Religion (al-deen).
2) Life (an-Nafs).
3) Dignity (al-‘Irdh).
4) Mind or intellect (al-‘Aql).
5) Wealth or property (al-Mal).