Hadith 2601

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاق السَّيْلَحِينِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْخَطْمِيِّ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَطْمِيِّ ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْتَوْدِعَ الْجَيْشَ ، قَالَ : " أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكُمْ وَأَمَانَتَكُمْ وَخَوَاتِيمَ أَعْمَالِكُمْ " .
Narrated Abdullah al-Khutami: When the Prophet ﷺ wanted to say farewell to an army, he would say: I entrust to Allah your religion, what you are responsible for, and your final deeds.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الجهاد / 2601
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده صحيح, مشكوة المصابيح (2436)
Hadith Takhrij « تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 9673)، وقد أخرجہ: سنن النسائی/ الیوم واللیلة (507) (صحیح) »
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
A noteworthy issue is that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has declared a person’s most precious asset to be his religion. Likewise, he has also emphasized those deeds (especially the final deeds) with which a person will meet his Lord.

2.
It is mentioned in the hadith:
(إِنَّ اللهَ إذا استودع شيئا حفظه) (al-Saheehah, Hadith: 2547) When something is entrusted to Allah, Allah the Exalted protects it.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2601