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Allah Rejects Deeds Done for Anyone Else Alongside Him

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Sahih Muslim · 2985·Narrated by Abu Hurayrah (RA)

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَا أَغْنَى الشُّرَكَاءِ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلاً أَشْرَكَ فِيهِ مَعِي غَيْرِي تَرَكْتُهُ وَشِرْكَهُ

Transliteration

Qalallahu tabaraka wa ta'ala: ana aghnash-shuraka'i 'anish-shirk, man 'amila 'amalan ashraka fihi ma'i ghayri taraktuhu wa shirkah

Translation

Narrated Abu Hurayrah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said that Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said: "I am the One who is most free of need of any partner. Whoever does a deed in which he associates anyone else with Me, I abandon him and his association."

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