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The Clarification of Wills in the Forms of Acts of Worship - Volume 1 - Habib Eid Al-Saleh

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"Likewise, what was reported in Kitab al-Sirat (The Book of the Path) from the Master al-Sadiq, from the Greatest Master Muhammad—peace be upon him—that the Good is the Inward and the Evil is the Outward, and Good and Evil are nothing but opposites."

This is supported by the saying of our Master the Commander of the Faithful (PBUH): 'I am the leader of the believers and wealth is the leader of the darkness,' so the praised wealth is the Inward which is the opposite of the blameworthy Outward wealth; similarly, Sheikh Muhammad al-Kalazi (QS) in al-Ta'yid cites Haqa'iq Asrar al-Din stating that the second Zakat is that which is commanded from the Outward wealth—the Second Personage—and is the opposite of the Inward wealth; as Master al-Muntajab (QS) said:

'Acts of worship have an Inward reality and

an Outward matter that appears like foam.

Among them is Fasting whose outward forms

are hunger and heat that agitate the stomach

and the command is for the Opposite

so follow a path that saves

and weigh what I have mentioned and critique."

Abraham the breaker of idols, Moses forbade the making of statues

through the opposite—an alert to know that the Almighty's intent by these worships is the opposite of their outward appearance, for He intends

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