The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said in what he narrated on the authority of his Lord, “God says, ‘Those who draw near to Me are more beloved to Me than performing what I have made obligatory upon them .’

This is the basic principle of performing the obligation. Then he said, ‘And the servant continues to draw near to Me with voluntary deeds,’ which is Whatever is in addition to the obligatory duties, but of their kind, such that the obligatory duties become their basis, such as voluntary good deeds such as prayer, zakat, fasting, Hajj, and remembrance, this is the branch closest to the origin. Then this action results from it, which is the voluntary love of God for Him, and it is a special love, a reward, which is not the love of gratitude, for the original love of gratitude results. All people of happiness in the sight of God Almighty participated in it, and it is what gave these people the ability to draw closer to God through voluntary g