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“Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator”

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"Ikhlas is a concept of purity that is not tainted with pride or anything else. That is not to do anything in our life, other than for the sake and pleasure of Allah"

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“Ikhlas means purging actions of all impurities.”

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"Ikhlaas stands for purifying one's deeds from blemishes of ostentation in order to make them purely intended to Allah

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“A man reaches with his intention a position he does not reach with his action”

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Ibn alQayyim alJawzi
“Sincerity is that you do an action that neither the Angels are aware of that they may record it,
Nor enemies that they may destroy it,
Nor does it fill its subject with conceit that he may annul it”

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Al-Ghazaali
“Let your actions be for the sake of Allah. Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with praises of people nor be saddened by their condemnation”

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Shaykh al-Islam Zakariya al-Ansari
“The truth of the mukhlis (One with ikhlaas - the sincere one) is that he neither sees his sincerity nor is content with it. Whenever sincerity differs with this it is not complete. Some may even call it hypocrisy.”


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Abu ‘Ali al-Daqqaq
“Ikhlas is to avoid attracting the attention of others; the mukhlis is not a hypocrite in front of people.”


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Shaykh Zakariyya (Virtues of Thikr)
“Ikhlaas on one’s part requires that one’s words, thoughts and deeds should be compatible”


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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
“It is part of Ikhlaas to do good deeds and conceal one’s good deeds”

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Shaykh Riyaadhul Haqq
“Only the sincere who seek are rewarded with response”


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Shaykh Muhammad Saleem Dhorat (Hafizahullah)
Tasawwuf is “Niyyato ko thik karnaa” (To make intentions correct). He adds, “Niyyat bhi ek bohot barhaa ‘amal hein” i.e. Intention is also a great deed which Hajji Faaruq sahib called “Roohul ‘amal” (Soul of the deed) and Mawalana Rumi called “Sayyidil ‘amal” yet we do not regard intentions as a deed which brings reward.

Shaykh also says:
“In order for any action to be accepted by Allāh ta’ala it must fulfil two conditions:
1.The action must be in accordance with the teachings of the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam.
2.There must be sincerity in the action, i.e. it must be done for the pleasure of Allāh ta’ala."
Full article on: http://www.shaykh.org/ “Accepted Actions” posted on Monday, May 30, 2011


In depth:
http://www28.brinkster.com/mushrf/12...0SINCERITY.htm

“Do not just take account of your deeds; weigh your good deeds for Ikhlaas”
Shaykh Muhammad Saleem Dhorat (Hafizahullah)