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intention and make sure that you do that good deed only and solely intending to please Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
Waiting for the intention to be correct
Remember! Deeds are of two types:
1. Deeds that only relate to ourselves i.e. fasting, Ṣalāĥ, Hajj etc. If your intention behind these worships is only to show other people then this is totally a sin, therefore, do not do these deeds until your intention is correct. However if waiting for the intention to be correct, causes you to miss something that is Farḍ or Wājib, for example, you fear that you will miss Ṣalāĥ with Jamā’at or the actual Ṣalāĥ itself then you are not allowed to delay this worship.
2. Deeds that relate to other humans, e.g. caliphate, judicial duties, preaching, teaching, Fatāwā etc. One day someone asked Sayyidunā ‘Umar Fārūq-e-A’ẓam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ for permission to advise people after Ṣalāt-ul-Fajr but he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ refused. The man asked, ‘Are you stopping me from preaching to people?’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ replied, ‘I fear that you might become big headed and reach the sky.’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 3, pp. 400)
Sayyidunā Imām Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی while trying to make us understand, explained: Therefore, a man should not be misled by the excellence of preaching and knowledge, because these acts contain the most dangers. We are not suggesting that anyone should stop doing these deeds, because they themselves are not bad, rather the evil lies in showing off whilst preaching, teaching, issuing Fatāwā and narrating Aḥādīš. Therefore, any deed should not be terminated for as long as there is a religious advantage in it, even if
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