Taqarrub to God

Taqarrub to God is any activity thatbrought a servant to Allah., Either by carrying out duties, execute deeds,deeds nafilah sunnah and other forms of obedience. Taqarrub understanding ofGod is not confined to religious activities, as alleged by many Muslims today,but also includes all activities mu'amalat, morality, math'umat (relating tofood), malbusaat (relating to clothing) even uqubat ( implementation of legalsanctions in the world by the Islamic state / Caliphate). In a Hadith Qudsi,Allah Ta'ala. said:

"And no bertaqarrub (close) tome a slave to something more I like than its obligations". (Sahih BukhariJuz 11, hal.292-297)

Imam Ibn Hajar said: "Includedin these are lafadz all liabilities, both fard 'ayn and fard kifaya, so it canalso be taken from her understanding that the implementation of obligatorydeeds are the most preferred activity of Allah." Fard deeds referred tomay be mentioned ranging from praying, give charity, devoted to both parents,studying, jihad fi sabilillah, enjoining her evil, being honest and sincerelillahi istiqomah ta'ala and in every act, eat kosher food and the good, closethe genitals, to the implementation of hudud laws syar'iyah by the Islamicstate / Caliphate over crimes such as fornication, liwath, steal, riddah (outof Islam), kill, and so forth. Carry out all activities are intrinsicallyincluded in the scope of self-understanding approach to the believer a servantto his Lord.

The Qur'an has mentioned someobligations and regard it as qurbah (approach). One of them is infaq fisabilillah, namely berinfak for the sake of the war in the way of Allah. Inthis regard the Qur'an as the major approach (great sacrifice) is given by abeliever to draw closer to Allah SWT.

"Among the Bedouin Arabs arethose who believe in Allah and the Last Day and make things which he shallspend (in jihad fi sabilillah) as an approach in Allah and the way to get theprayer of the Prophet. Know that it is an approach to them. Allah will enterinto His mercy (Paradise). Surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."(Translation: Meaning of Qur'an Surat At-Tauba 99)

Al-Qur'an has explained thattaqarrub to God can be reached by performing obedience-obedience and worshipand righteous deeds. Allah SWT. said:

"The people that they(disbelievers) worship, they themselves find the way to his Lord. Who amongthem is closer. They expect His grace (His Heaven) His fear of Allaah (Hell)"(Translation: Meaning of Qur'an Surah Al-Israa 57)

"It is not the treasures youand your children that you can get closer to us: but the people believe and dogood deeds, that they get a double reward for what they do. And they will be inhigh places (heaven) in a secure state. "(Translation: Meaning of Qur'anSurat Saba '37)

As-Sunnah also explained that amongthe activities to be closer to a servant to his Lord is carrying out acts ofsunnah, mandub, nafilah, and other obedience-obedience. In a hadith QudsiyAllah. said:

"There is no stopping a servantunto me closer to the sunnah acts nafilah, so I love him." (Sahih Bukhari,XI/292-297)

Nafilah practice is any activitywhich is an addition of a mandatory practice, either in the form of Sadaqah,prayer, and fasting and so on. There is a hadith which provide motivation toincrease compliance, that is the hadeeth narrated by Annas ra from the Prophet.that he reported from his Lord:

"If a servant closer to Me aspan, I would approach it a cubit; if he approaches Me a cubit, I wouldapproach it sedepa; if he comes to Me walking, I will approach it withrunning." (Sahih Bukhari XI/199 )

Thus no doubt that taqarrub to Godby doing good deeds, good deeds and obedience to the Sunnah nafilah will raisethe dignity of a servant in his Lord. This makes it feasible to get help,assistance and support from Allah. on each of the activities done in theframework of obedience to Allah and seek His pleasure of. Therefore, in aHadith Qudsi Allah. raise the degree of an air-taqarrub servant to Him so thatGod answered prayers, support it with the help, assistance and guidance of His.Hadith are:

"There is no stopping myservant unto me closer to the sunnah acts nafilah so I love him. If I had lovedhim, then I'll be hearing that he had listened to him and I will be a visionthat he saw him, and I'll be the hand that he used, and I'll be his legs thathe runs with it. If he asks me I'll give you that he will undoubtedly ask, andif he begs protection from me, surely I protect. "

In lafadz others mentioned:

"And if he pleaded (victory) tome, surely Kutolong." (Fathul Baari, Sharh Saheeh Bukhari, XI/341-345)

Dignity will not be achieved exceptby those who have committed obligations and supplement it with work practicesunnah nawafil, obedience, mandubaat, and not by the people who conductactivities required sunnah but leave act or acts of heresy and unlawful.

This book is excellent in presentingsome examples of approaches to God and obedience to him as an addition that isneeded by every Muslim, especially for a Da'wa. For a Da'wa is the person whomost need a strong rope to reach God's relationship with his help and put theirtrust in Him with truth really trust. The author also emphasized that, as shownin this book Muqaddimah.

Among the examples of obedience andthe approach is to improve the quality of deeds is to purify the intention isonly to Allah alone and adapt to the demands of Personality '; carry out theobligation, to multiply good deeds such as praying sunnah nafilah rawatib,reading Qur'an, praying , dhikr and her forgiveness, generosity, and put otherpeople, because God's love and hate, tolerate trials, obedience to the leaderof Muslims / Islamic caliphate in the continued life and carry the message ofIslam to all people and nations. Therefore, this book is worth reading everyMuslim and mastered it by any Da'wa who had given wala '(loyalty) and itscontribution to the struggle of the Islamic movement. Moreover, he wants torealize the glory of the Muslims and to establish his Islamic religion onearth.

And God, which lowers the Islamicreligion, is bound to honor and help him through the hands of religiousbelievers who are aware of a group and their souls were filled with faith,obedience and love of Allah and His Messenger.

Abdurrahman Muhammad

Taqarrub To God

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