Worship to take (WTT), or Take to worship (TTW)

Can we worship to take benefits?
Or can we take in order to worship?
What is the difference?
Can Imam, Quraan teacher, etc. take money to do this job?

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00:00  -  Reading the material.

02:24  -  Examples: Imam, Quraan teacher ..
03:40  -  Differences between TTW and WTT.

Second class of minor polytheism:

 a non-apparent polytheism, and it is the polytheism in wills and intentions, such as dissimulation, which is when someone performs a worship but he intentionally aims at the praise of people for this deed. An example is given in a man who prays well or gives alms to be praised. Or he may recite Qur’ân and try to adorn his voice also to be praised. However, if deeds are mixed with dissimulation, it will certainly cause them to be in vain. Allâh  said, 

“فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلا صَالِحًا وَلا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا” (الكهف 110) 

- meaning – {Whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner}.
And the Prophet  said, 

“ أخوف ما أخاف عليكم الشرك الأصغر ”

 - meaning - “What I fear most for you is Ash-Shirk Al-Asghar (minor polytheism).” They asked then. ‘what is Ash-Shirk Al-Asghar O Messenger of Allâh?’, he said, “Ar-Ria’ (performing acts to show off)”. An example also can be given in a man who performs some worship hoping for some worldly benefit. Such person is the one who goes to Hajj (Pilgrimage), calls to Prayer (do Athan), or leads people in Prayer in return of money, or even studies Islâmic Sciences and wage holly war (Jihad) in return for money. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 

“تعس عبد الدينار”

 - meaning – “Perish the slave (passionate lover) of Dinar, Dirham, Khamila (thick soft cloth), and Khamisa (a garment), for if he is given, he is pleased; otherwise he is dissatisfied."
The Imam (Leading Scholar) Ibn Al-Qayyim said, ‘As for the polytheism in wells and intentions, it is a sea with no coast, and very few people are rescued from it. Therefore, whoever aimed with his deed at something other than to please Allâh at him and intended to approach someone other than Him and asked the reward from that claimed partner, then he has committed Shirk in his well and intention. On the contrary, Faithfulness is to be faithful to Allâh in word and deed and well and intention. And this is the Hanifiah (inclination from polytheism to monotheism) of Ibrahim (Abraham) that Allâh has ordered all His slaves, and would not accept anything else (in the Day of Resurrection), and it is the virtue of Islâm. Allâh Taala said, 

“وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإسْلامِ دِينًا فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ الْخَاسِرِينَ” 

- meaning – {If anyone desires a religion other than Islâm, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good)}. In fact, it is the creed of Ibrahim (Abraham) which whoever refuses is ignorant most.”

And from (Islam qa), I quoted this topic:

 It is not permissible for anyone to have the aim of earning money by performing Hajj on behalf of another; rather his aim should be Hajj and reaching those holy places, and doing an act of kindness towards his brother by performing Hajj on his behalf. 

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

Performing Hajj on behalf of another person is something that is mentioned in the Sunnah. A woman asked the Messenger (ﷺ): The command from Allah to His slaves to perform Hajj has come when my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in the saddle; can I perform Hajj on his behalf? He said: “Yes.” In the case of performing Hajj on behalf of another in return for payment, if one’s aim is the payment, Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The one who performs Hajj in order earn a living will have no share in the Hereafter; as for the one who takes payment in order to perform Hajj, there is nothing wrong with that. But the one who takes payment in order to perform Hajj on behalf of another should have the intention of using the money he takes to help him to perform Hajj, and he should also have the intention of meeting his companion’s need, because the one who has asked him to do it on his behalf is in need and is happy to find someone who can do it in his stead. So he should have the intention of doing an act of kindness towards him in performing Hajj on his behalf. Then his intention will be good. End quote. 

Liqaa’aat al-Baab al-Maftooh, 89, question 6 

And he (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

It is unfortunate that many of those who perform Hajj on behalf of others only do so in order to earn money. But this is haraam for them, because it is not permissible to do acts of worship with the intention of worldly gain. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the new):

“Whosoever desires the life of the world and its glitter; to them We shall pay in full (the wages of) their deeds therein, and they will have no diminution therein.

They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire; and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do”

[Hood 11:15-16]

“But of mankind there are some who say: ‘Our Lord! Give us (Your Bounties) in this world!’ and for such there will be no portion in the Hereafter”

[al-Baqarah 2:200].

Allah does not accept any act of worship that is not done for His sake, and the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade earning money in places of worship. He (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “If you see anyone buying or selling in the mosque, then say: May Allah not make your trade profitable.” If this has to do with the one who makes place of worship into a place for earning wealth, and he is to be prayed against, asking that Allah not make his trade profitable, then how about those who make the act of worship itself a means of worldly gain, as if Hajj were a commodity or a profession like that of a builder? You find the one who is asked to perform proxy Hajj asking for more and bargaining, saying: This is too little; this is not enough; give me more, for So and so gave me such and such, or So and so offered me such and such, and other such words that turn acts of worship into a profession. Hence the Hanbali fuqaha’ (may Allah have mercy on them) clearly stated that hiring a man to perform Hajj on behalf of someone else is not valid. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: The one who performs Hajj in order to earn money has no share in the Hereafter. But if he takes on the task of performing it on behalf of another for a religious purpose, such as if he intends to benefit his brother by performing Hajj on his behalf, or if he intends to do more acts of worship, du‘aa’ and dhikr in the holy places, then there is nothing wrong with that and it is a sound intention. 

Those who take on the task of performing Hajj on behalf of others should make their intention purely for the sake of Allah, may He be exalted, and their intention should be to fulfil their desire to worship around the House of Allah, remembering Him and calling upon Him, as well as fulfilling their brothers’ needs by performing Hajj on their behalf. They should keep away from worldly intentions of earning money. If they have no intention in their hearts other than earning money, then in that case it is not permissible to take on the task of performing Hajj on behalf of others. If a person takes on the task of performing Hajj on behalf of another with the proper intention, then the money that he receives is all his, unless it was stipulated that he should return anything that is left over. End quote. 

Ad-Diya’ al-Laami‘ min al-Khutab al-Jawaami‘, 2/477, 478 

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