must be held invalid. The mere observance of form does not make worship acceptable in the eyes of God.
The word ‘ritual’, in fact, has the same connotation as ‘form’. The only difference is that ‘form’
of great religious significance. It meant people abandoning their hearths and homes for the sake of God. However, one of these emigrants was not so pure in intention. He had left Makkah for Madinah with
emigrants. The Prophet told his companions that since that individual had migrated, not for the sake of God, but for his own private benefit, he would not be rewarded for having migrated.
This makes it clear
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