In this short Khatirah, ShaykhYasir Qadhi explores on the aspect of what comprises worship, why we worship Allah and how do we go about doing it? He delves on verse 21 of Surah Al Baqarah:
“O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous.”
Our primary and only purpose of existence is to worship Allah.Why should we worship Allah?
Because He is our Rabb - He is an entity is characterized by every characteristic that denotes perfection, majesty, awe and glory.
Allah created everything on this earth and He has blessed us with this beautiful life and hence, we should be thankful to HIm.
God consciousness and Taqwa is achieved and hence, our life is meaningful, orderly and purposeful.
The attainment of the pleasure of Allah which is the motivation of Jannah and the abstinence of sins by the fear of Jahannam.