LessonsJustice, Accountability, and Moderation in Worship (Accounts 37–38)Quiz

فَقَالُوا: أَيْنَ نَحْنُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ أَبَدًا، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَصُومُ النَّهَارَ أَبَدًا وَلَا أُفْطِرُ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَنَا أَعْتَزِلُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَا أَتَزَوَّجُ أَبَدًا.
Translation: They said that they could not compare themselves with the Prophet ﷺ, to whom Allah had granted forgiveness. One resolved to pray throughout every night, another to fast every day without a break, and a third to avoid women and never marry.

Each person wanted greater devotion but proposed permanently abandoning an ordinary, permissible aspect of life. Worship is not simply a contest in making life harder for oneself.

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Account 38: Three unbalanced resolutions

Justice, Accountability, and Moderation in Worship (Accounts 37–38)

فَقَالُوا: أَيْنَ نَحْنُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ؟ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُصَلِّي اللَّيْلَ أَبَدًا، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَصُومُ النَّهَارَ أَبَدًا وَلَا أُفْطِرُ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَنَا أَعْتَزِلُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَا أَتَزَوَّجُ أَبَدًا.
Translation: They said that they could not compare themselves with the Prophet ﷺ, to whom Allah had granted forgiveness. One resolved to pray throughout every night, another to fast every day without a break, and a third to avoid women and never marry.

Each person wanted greater devotion but proposed permanently abandoning an ordinary, permissible aspect of life. Worship is not simply a contest in making life harder for oneself.