Will I Be Rewarded for Performing an Act of Worship While Leaving Its Sunna Components?
Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi
Question
If an action such as prayer or wudhu for example, was completed without doing the sunnas of these actions, would all the reward be lost of these actions?
Answer
Allah, Most High, says: ” So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it.” [99.7]
Based on this hadith, scholars have determined that obligatory (fard) acts of worship are better than voluntary acts of worship. There are some exceptions. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
Nonetheless, please remember that it can become sinful to leave the emphasized sunnas without excuse and to make a habit of it. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
Ustadh Sufyan Qufi is an advanced seeker of knowledge, originally from Algeria, who grew up in France. He began searching far and wide for answers to the fundamental questions of life and was disappointed at the answers he found.
Then he connected with various traditional teachers and gradually connected with SeekersGuidance. He embarked on his journey of learning through the various teachers at SeekersGuidance, including his mentor Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.
He studied numerous texts in Islamic Law, Theology, Hadith, and other areas with Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and other teachers, including Shaykh Abdurrahman al-Sha‘ar, Shaykh Ali Hani, and others.
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