Al-Siyasa al-Shar'iyyaIbn Taimiya

In the two Sahīhs (1), Sa'd ibn Abī Waqqās relates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, “You will never spend anything seeking thereby the Face of Allah without thereby rising in degree and rank—even the morsel you place in your wife’s mouth (2).”

The texts (3) concerning this are numerous. When a believer has a sincere intention, he is rewarded for his actions in general (4), and his permissible acts become part of his righteous deeds because of the soundness of his heart and intention. By contrast, because of the corruption of his heart and intention, the hypocrite is punished for the outward forms of worship that he displays out of ostentation (5). For in (6) the two Sahīhs (7), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said, “Indeed, there is a piece of flesh in the body: if it is sound, the rest of the body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the rest of the body is corrupt. Indeed, it is the heart.”

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Just as punishments were prescribed to impel people to fulfill obligatory duties (8) and refrain from prohibited acts, everything that assists in this was also prescribed. One should therefore facilitate the path of goodness

(1) Al-Bukhārī (56) and Muslim (1628). Manuscript (Y) reads: “the Sahīh,” while manuscripts (Y, Z) read: “that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Saʿd.” (2) Manuscripts (Y, Z) read: “you raise it to.” (3) The remaining manuscripts read: “and the reports.” (4) Manuscript (L) reads: “most of [his actions] become righteous.” (5) This does not appear in manuscript (Y). (6) Manuscript (L) reads: “in the authentic hadith.” Manuscripts (Y, Z) read: “in the Sahīh.” (7) Narrated by al-Bukhārī (52) and Muslim (1599), from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr. (8) Manuscript (Y) reads: “the obligatory act.”
وفي «الصحيحين» (١) عن سعد بن أبي وقاص أن النبي ﷺ قال له: «إنك لم تنفق نفقةً تبتغي بها وجهَ الله، إلا ازددت بها درجة ورفعة، حتى اللقمة تضعها في (٢) في امرأتك». والنصوص (٣) في هذا كثيرة، فالمؤمن إذا كانت له نية أثيب على عامة (٤) أفعاله، وكانت المباحات من صالح أعمالِه لصلاح قلبه ونيته، والمنافقُ لفسادِ قلبه ونيته يُعاقَب على ما يُظهره من صُوَر العبادات رياءً (٥)، فإن في (٦) «الصحيحين» (٧) عن النبي ﷺ أنه قال: «ألا إنّ في الجسد مُضغة إذا صلحت صلح لها سائرُ الجسد، وإذا فسدت فسد لها سائرُ الجسد، ألا وهي القلب». فصل وكما أن العقوبات شُرِعَت داعيةً إلى فعل الواجبات (٨)، وترك المحرمات، فقد شُرِع أيضًا كلُّ ما يعين على ذلك، فينبغي تيسير طريق الخير
(١) البخاري (٥٦)، ومسلم (١٦٢٨)، ووقع في (ي): «الصحيح»، وفي (ي، ز): أن النبي ﷺ قال لسعد. (٢) (ي، ز): «ترفعها إلى». (٣) بقية النسخ: «والآثار». (٤) (ل): «صلحت عامة». (٥) ليست في (ي). (٦) (ل): «في الحديث الصحيح». (ي، ز): «في الصحيح». (٧) البخاري (٥٢)، ومسلم (١٥٩٩) من حديث النعمان بن بشير. (٨) (ي): «الفعل الواجب».

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