Comments on: Love Means Having to Say Thank You http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/love-means-having-to-say-thank-you Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:56:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shelby Meyerhoff http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/love-means-having-to-say-thank-you#comment-2678 Shelby Meyerhoff Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:16:30 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/love-means-having-to-say-thank-you#comment-2678 Hi Anna Belle, You're welcome. I posted this on Street Prophets as well, and a Muslim respondent explained how his tradition views this question: "...there is a phrase, fisibillah. Which has a great deal of meaning, both inward and outward, that implies for the sake of Allah. This means that anything done for the sake of Allah only means more reward for you on the Day of Judgement. If it is for the sake of Allah, you intention is not for anything more than to please your Lord. So seeking praise or even a thank you is taking your intention away from that intention of fisibillah. In other words, it should be the same whether you get a thank you or silence because your action was fisibillah, and nothing more." Hi Anna Belle,

You’re welcome. I posted this on Street Prophets as well, and a Muslim respondent explained how his tradition views this question:

“…there is a phrase, fisibillah. Which has a great deal of meaning, both inward and outward, that implies for the sake of Allah.

This means that anything done for the sake of Allah only means more reward for you on the Day of Judgement. If it is for the sake of Allah, you intention is not for anything more than to please your Lord. So seeking praise or even a thank you is taking your intention away from that intention of fisibillah.

In other words, it should be the same whether you get a thank you or silence because your action was fisibillah, and nothing more.”

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/love-means-having-to-say-thank-you#comment-2673 Anna Belle Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:15:39 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/love-means-having-to-say-thank-you#comment-2673 Thanks for link and the reflections. I have a sense I'm not representing these other faiths correctly, because as far as I know the people love their churches, and it works for them. Meanwhile, I hooted when I read the Love Story quote. A flash from the past. Thanks for link and the reflections. I have a sense I’m not representing these other faiths correctly, because as far as I know the people love their churches, and it works for them. Meanwhile, I hooted when I read the Love Story quote. A flash from the past.

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