•[إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين]• [You Alone we worship, and You Alone we ask for help] Fātiha:6 Worship is for our Lord and it is His right. And seeking help is for His slaves. Thus worship precedes seeking help; it is only natural for us to precede a request to our Lord by acts that please Him. And standing before Him in worship guarantees His aid. Ibn Taymiyyah – may Allah have mercy on him – said, “I pondered on what…
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