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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Study in the Philosophy of Islamic Rites The Inner Feeling of Responsibility /2 Except at the cost of the other.
Therefore, in order for him to spiritually grow and be elevated, he has to deprive his body from the good things, shrinking his presence on life's stage battling continuously against his desires and aspirations in different fields of life, until he finally achieves victory over all of them through long abstention and deprivation and the practice of certain rituals. Islamic jurisprudence rejects this trend, too, because it wants rites for the sake of life.
Life cannot be confiscated for the sake of rites. At the same time, it tries hard to ensure that a good man pours the spirit of worship over all of his behaviour and activity. This must not be taken to imply that he has to stop his different activities in life and confine himself between the altar's walls; rather. it means that he converts all his activities to rituals.
The mosque is but a base wherefrom a good man sets to conduct his daily behaviour, but it is not limited to that behaviour alone. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) has said to Abu Tharr al-Ghifari: "If you are able to eat and drink for the sake of none save God, then do so!" Thus, worship serves life. Its upbringing and religious success is determined by its extension, in meaning and spirit. to all fields of life.
Worship And The Senses Man's perception is not merely by his senses, nor is it merely an intellectual and nonmaterial reasoning. It is a mixture of reasoning plus material and non-material feeling.
When worship is required to perform its function in a way with which man interacts perfectly, and whereby it harmonizes with his character, worship is composed of a mind and senses; worship then must contain a sensitive aspect and a non-material intellect, so that worship will be compatible with the worshipper's personality, and the worshipper, while performing his worship, lives his attachment to the Absolute with all his existence.
From here, the intention, as well as the psychological contention of worship, always represents its intellectual and non-material aspect, for it links the worshipper to the True Absolute, the Praised, the High.