But if I disobey Allah, you owe me no obedience.”

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Since all good deeds must fulfil two conditions—that they be done seeking Allah’s countenance and that they conform to the Sharia—this applies to both words and deeds: to good speech and righteous action, to matters of knowledge and to practical acts of worship.

Thus, it is established in an authentic hadith from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that the first three people with whom Hell will be kindled are: a man who acquired and taught knowledge, recited the Quran and taught others to recite it, so that people would say, “He is a scholar and a Quran reciter”; a man who fought and waged jihad so that people would say, “He is brave and bold”; and a man who gave charity