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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب القدرThe Book of Destiny
باب كَيْفِيَّةِ الْخَلْقِ الآدَمِيِّ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَكِتَابَةِ رِزْقِهِ وَأَجَلِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ وَشَقَاوَتِهِ وَسَعَادَتِهِ:Chapter: How The Human Being Is Created, In His Mother's Womb, And His Provision, Lifespan And Deeds Are Written Down, And His Misery and Happiness
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ الزَّمَنَ الطَّوِيلَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ، ثُمَّ يُخْتَمُ لَهُ عَمَلُهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ الزَّمَنَ الطَّوِيلَ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ، ثُمَّ يُخْتَمُ لَهُ عَمَلُهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, a person performs deeds for a long time like the deeds of the people of Paradise. Then his deeds are terminated like the deeds of the people of Hell and, verily, a person performs deeds like the denizens of Fire for a long time, and then this deed of his is ultimately followed by the deeds of the people of Paradise.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
➊ What kind of deed a person’s end will be upon, a human being, due to his limited and deficient knowledge, cannot be aware of this.
➋ Therefore, he thinks that so-and-so is performing deeds of the people of Paradise and his end will be upon that.
➌ However, it does not happen like this,
➍ because the motive and driving force behind those good deeds is not good,
➎ thus his end occurs upon an evil deed.
➏ In this way, another person, due to some compulsion, commits an evil deed,
➐ but in his heart he considers it evil and wishes to avoid that evil deed,
➑ thus his end occurs upon a good deed.
➒ Therefore, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam added the restriction “as it appears to the people (fima yabdu lil-nas)” to this,
➓ just as in the next hadith it is mentioned that people think this,
⓫ whereas in reality it is the opposite,
⓬ which becomes manifest at the time of one’s end.
Benefits and Issues:
➊ What kind of deed a person’s end will be upon, a human being, due to his limited and deficient knowledge, cannot be aware of this.
➋ Therefore, he thinks that so-and-so is performing deeds of the people of Paradise and his end will be upon that.
➌ However, it does not happen like this,
➍ because the motive and driving force behind those good deeds is not good,
➎ thus his end occurs upon an evil deed.
➏ In this way, another person, due to some compulsion, commits an evil deed,
➐ but in his heart he considers it evil and wishes to avoid that evil deed,
➑ thus his end occurs upon a good deed.
➒ Therefore, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam added the restriction “as it appears to the people (fima yabdu lil-nas)” to this,
➓ just as in the next hadith it is mentioned that people think this,
⓫ whereas in reality it is the opposite,
⓬ which becomes manifest at the time of one’s end.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6740
