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Ibada (worship)

العبادة

Ibada in the sharia is a comprehensive name for the acts of the heart and limbs that God loves and approves; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia treats the rulings of worship in its opening books, from the intention that vitiates worship to seeking others' help in it 1.

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Ibada is the comprehensive name for the acts of the heart and limbs sanctioned by the sharia; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia treats the rulings of worship from its opening books 1.

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The encyclopedia's discussions include the intention that vitiates worship, seeking others' help in worship, and the role of worship in pre-Islamic Arabia 1.

People and things also explored

Provision as Lordship's gift and the imamate as the gift of divinity· Bid'a (innovation in religion)· Veneration of graves· Islam (the religion and the term)· Niyya (intention in deeds)· The shahada· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3)
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibada (worship)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/ibada/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Provision as Lordship's gift and the imamate as the gift of divinity

Sha'rawi separates two gifts: provision is a gift of Lordship that believer and disbeliever both receive, because God called all creatures into life and secured their sustenance, while the imamate and the values of the way are a gift of divinity that only the believer receives. He reads Abraham's prayer for the land's safety and provision as a request that the blessing last, and holds that the enjoyment of this world is small however varied.