Good Non-Muslim People

[USResident]

Re: Good Non-Muslim People

@hypnotix-2000

^Brother, you and bro Psyah and some others may deem this as an appropriate answer, but I think it is only meant to reassure yourselves of something… can’t say that I could ever agree with it. Don’t forget that via this approach are also being selfish in a way by thinking that what you do is what God wants you to do. Perhaps this should be a closing statement from my side (for myself that is). Best of luck.

PS: And yes I personally know an individual (who considers himself an athiest) who goes out of his way to be charitable and asks for nothing in return, and he does this saying he’d rather make his existance useful “for if there were a God, He’d want” him to do this… In a way, I envy him for his efforts.

I think Br. Psyah answered that his actions are still to err on the side of caution, so the selfish aspect is still vested with an interest about the existance of God.

Additionally, since we in a sense believe that every good deed is an act of worship and Allah SWT clearly says in the Quran he created us for nothing but to worship him (this is not in my understanding strictly ritual worship) but every good deed done with the intention of doing for his sake so it is classified an act of worship. When we do it for the sake of humanity it falls under the Islamic definition of shirk (not major as in worshipping another god but minor shirks). This is precisely why our actions will be judged based on our intentions. The intention should be selfless from the creation as much as possible in order for it to be an act of worship to Allah SWT.