Rami Kawas

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Do It With Ihsan

Excellence, ihsan, is nothing short of what’s the absolute best you can possibly do. Allah azza wa jall says in surat Al-Kahf: إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات إنا لا نضيع أجر من أحسن عملا Verily! As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, certainly! We will not allow the reward of anyone who does his (righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner.

This is the spirit of the believer: the spirit of excellence (ihsaan). To do what we do in the most perfect manner and to define our work by excellence (ihsaan).

At times we may think that the end-product, the big-picture, is really what matters- but we forget that perfection is found in the delicate details. The road to ihs

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I agree, I am the exact same way. I always wonder if I can have Ihsan in all my work, while also being productive. Like when I'm putting silverware away in the drawer, for example - I'll hurry up and put it away as quickly as I can. If I did my best, I feel like it might take too much time. I'm sure there is probably added barakah when a person does something with Ihsan for the sake of Allah, and I need to strengthen my eman to really beleive that in order to practice it. I always wondered what the exact definition of Ihsan is. There is a hadith I read that says 'Ihsan is to worship God as though you see Him, and if you cannot see Him, then indeed He sees you.' I need to learn more about Ihsan and how to apply it.

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