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Iman And Aiming Mental Peace
Hello there Assallam u alaikum.
my question is that often it is said that some things are to be done only and only for seeking Allah’s pleasure and no any other aim should be targeted through those things. like namaz, Hajj, following directives of Allah with intention to fulfill his commands, as well as Iman (belief o regarding tenets of faith and their corollaries). But many of the times people remind themselves of beliefs of Iman with aim that once this beliefs comes in my mind, my mind will feel calm and peace after thinking on it. in a way he refreshes his Iman not to please Allah but so that this Iman in his thoughts produces an effect of mental peace. (here I’m not talking about the concept of a person doing something that’s exclusively for Allah, so as to please Allah, so that Allah blesses a person some blessing in this world like increased provision). I’m talking about doing or manifesting a thing which is only for Allah, with an aim that this thing directly will cause him a worldly benefit (the link of pleasing Allah in between is not present).
to illustrate the difference a person praying namaz so that someone else notices him and gives him money, is a bad thing. but the same action of praying namaz for the aim of getting money is halal, if a person thinks that he’ll pray to earn Allah’s pleasure and so that Allah gets pleased with this action and then bestows me money through any means.
coming back to question, sometimes many people remind themselves (refresh their state of Iman) with aim to achieve mental peace. like a person who gets anxiety for some action and something, wants to get some information and thought belief in his mind so that it would subside his anxiety or give him the strength to face the challenge about which there’s anxiety. he asks questions to sheikhs so that they answer something “Allah does not do such such ….. Allah does such such….” he wants to know and gain knowledge of them so that when it comes in his mind, it will be soothing to hear. often a times he himself tries to remind himself to refresh his Iman with an intention to calm himself down, not with intention to please Allah by refreshing his İman. his aim is to stop those racing thoughts, feelings, anxiety so that he can go about his day normally. And many scholars including Ghamidi Sahab also suggest such things like reminding oneself to get sakoon. here in this link
https://youtu.be/fJLQ3TYBAtE?si=q6p8NrQLLZuMjKKM
Amin ahsan ıslahı also says about the importance of Iman in the sense that it produces a state of mental peace and relaxation. which sort of suggests what he should be doing to get that mental peace
https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=afd39536930ab954c&q=https://ask.ghamidi.org/forums/discussion/1587/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjk34eB3JOEAxWyVaQEHb00AjMQFnoECAYQAg&usg=AOvVaw32-dvcjz7SLusWI0eYzOo8#post-68015
Ghamidi Sahab on his video about depression, says that such belief in Allah should be there as it helps in those depressive states. so automatically a person who’s in that depressive state would try to seek calmness by reminding himself of things of Iman (like Sunnah of Allah, concept of his mercy, the belief of akhirah, the concept of that this is temporary place made by Allah as a test).
so how to reconcile between such things? namaz is only for Allah, so only the aim of Allah’s pleasure should be sought. similarly beliefs of Iman are for Allah, so only Allah’s pleasure should be sought, but then why when someone tries to refresh such belief to gain a worldly benefit directly like feeling calmness and stop anxiety (which is analogous to someone knowing these for first time and believing in them for first time, in order to stop his anxiety and achieve calmness) why in this domain this thing is said to permissible, what thing am I missing? what is the missing puzzle? what is the explanation? please explain
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