Al-Tadmuriyya - Ibn Taimiya - (232)

I rely and to Him I turn” (Q 11:88); and His words, “Whoever is mindful of Allah, He will make a way out for him and provide for him from where he never imagined. Whoever puts his trust in Allah, He is enough for him. Allah unfailingly carries out His command; Allah has set a measure for everything” (Q 65:2–3).

Thus, worship is for Him alone and help is sought from Him alone. When offering the sacrifice, the Prophet ﷺ would say, “O Allah, from You and for You.” For whatever is not by Allah will never come to be—there is no power and no might except through Allah—and whatever is not for Allah brings no benefit and does not last.

[The two conditions for the acceptance of worship]

In worshiping Him, two fundamentals are indispensable:

that the religion be made sincerely for His sake; and
that the act conform to His command with which He sent His messengers.

For this reason ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) would pray, “O Allah, make all my deeds righteous, make them purely for Your Face, and do not…"

تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ﴾ ، وقوله تعالى: ﴿وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا • وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَحْتَسِبُ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًا﴾ ، فالعبادة له والاستعانة به، وكان النبي ﷺ يقول عند الأضحية: (اللهم منك ولك) ، فما لم يكن بالله لا يكون، فإنه لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله، وما لم يكن لله لا ينفع ولا يدوم. [شرطا قبول العبادة] ولا بد في عبادته من أصلين: أحدهما: إخلاص الدين له، والثاني: موافقة أمره الذي بعث به رسله، ولهذا كان عمر بن الخطاب ﵁ يقول في دعائه: اللهم اجعل عملي كله صالحًا، واجعله لوجهك خالصًا، ولا