المعنى الاصطلاحي :

A comprehensive word for everything that Allah loves and is pleased with from actions and statements; the apparent and hidden thereof.

الشرح المختصر :

“`Uboodiyyah” includes all types of obedience. It has four levels: 1- Statement of the heart, which is belief in what Allah, Exalted, informed about. 2- Statement of the tongue, which is reporting about Allah what He has informed about, remembering Him and calling people to Him. 3- Actions of the heart; such as love for Allah and reliance upon Him. 4- Actions of the limbs; such as prayer. Servitude has two pillars: 1. Complete love. 2. Complete submission and humility. Servitude falls under two categories: 1. General and universal servitude: it is the servitude forced by subjugation and supreme authority. It includes the inhabitants of the heavens and earth; the believers and disbelievers among them. All of them are slaves of Allah, and all are submissive to Allah's universal command. 2. Specific and legislative servitude: it is the servitude of obedience, submission, humility, and love which is out of choice. It is the servitude for which a person is praised, and it is specific to those whom Allah has made successful. From its conditions are: sincerity and compliance with the Prophetic guidance.

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :

"`Uboodiyyah": obedience, offering. "`Uboodiyyah" originally means subservience and lenience. It also means submission and compliance.