Moderation in Worship Allah, the Exalted, says: Ta-Ha. We have not sent down the Quran unto you (O Muhammad (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam)) to cause you distress. (20:1,2) Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you. (2:185) Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) said, The religion (of Islam) is easy, and whoever makes the religion a rigour, it will overpower him. So, follow a middle course (in worship); if you cant do this, do something near to it and give glad tidings and seek help (of Allah) at morn and at dusk and some part of night. [Al-Bukhari]. Ibn Mas`ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) said, Ruined are those who insist on hardship in matters of the Faith. He repeated this three times. [Muslim] Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) came in when a woman was sitting beside me. He asked me, Who is she? I said: She is the one whose performance of Salat (prayer) has become the talk of the town. Addressing her, he (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) said, (What is this!) You are required to take upon yourselves only what you can carry out easily. By Allah, Allah does not withhold His Mercy and forgiveness of you until you neglect and give up (good works). Allah likes the deeds best which a worshipper can carry out constantly. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Three men came to the houses of the wives of the Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) to inquire about the worship of the Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam). When they were informed, they considered their worship insignificant and said: Where are we in comparison with the Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) while Allah has forgiven his past sins and future sins. One of them said: As for me, I shall offer Salat all night long. Another said: I shall observe Saum (fasting) continuously and shall not break it. Another said: I shall abstain from women and shall never marry. The Prophet (SalAllahu alaihi wa salam) came to them and said, Are you the people who said such and such things? By Allah, I fear Allah more than you do, and I am most obedient and dutiful among you to Him, but still I observe fast and break it; perform Salat and sleep at night and take wives. So whoever turns away from my Sunnah does not belong to me. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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