Advice of Scholars - ALL ACTIONS SHOULD BE FOR ALLAH’S SAKE

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî says in the 17th letter of the third volume of his Maktûbât:

We should eat food not for pleasure or flavour, but for getting strong enough to do Allah’s commands. If in the beginning you cannot intend so, force yourself to intend so at each meal. Entreat Allâhu ta’âlâ so that you can develop a true intention! We should wear new and clean clothes, and, when dressing, we should intend to adorn ourselves for worship, for namâz. Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in the Qur’ân: “When performing each namâz, wear your adorned, clean, and favorite clothes!” We should not wear our clothes for ostentation in the presence of others; this is a sin. [Ibni ’Âbidîn, while explaining the makrûhs in fasting, says that it is mubâh to dress smartly.] All actions, manners, words, reading and listening, [sending one’s son to school] should always be for Allah’s sake. We should try so that these will be compatible with His religion. Then each of our limbs and our hearts will turn towards Allâhu ta’âlâ. Our hearts will mention Him, [that is, they will remember Him.] For example, sleep, which is altogether a state of unawareness, will thoroughly be an act of worship when done with the intention of performing our acts of worship with strength and soundness. For, we have slept with the intention of worshipping.