Righteous deeds

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عن ‏أَبي عِنَبَةَ ‏ ‏قَالَ: ​

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا عَسَلَهُ قِيلَ وَمَا عَسَلُهُ قَالَ يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُهُ عَلَيْهِ ‏​

أخرجه أحمد وصححه الألباني ​

It is narrated from Abu 'Inabah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم said, ​

When Allah wants good for His slave, He makes him pleasant. It was asked, And what makes him pleasant? He صلى الله عليه و سلم said, He opens the door of righteous deeds for him before his death, then He takes his soul in that state. ​

[Narrated in Musnad Ahmad, authentic according to Shaykh Al-Albani]​

Vocabulary from the Hadith​

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new roman]خَيْرًا​

- Good.​

عَسَلَهُ - He makes him pleasant. This word literally means to make sweet, it comes from the word for honey.
يَفْتَحُ - He opens.
[FONT=times new
roman]عَمَلًا- Deed.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new
roman]صَالِحًا - Righteous/Good.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new
roman]يَقْبِضُهُ- He makes him die. This word literally means to take hold or something, but it this context it means death. [/FONT]​

عَلَيْهِ - Upon it [i.e., die while doing good deeds].​

Lessons from the Hadith​

- Al-Munawi (rahimahullah) says in Faydh al-Qadeer: "This hadeeth likens the provision of righteous deeds that Allah gives to His slaves to honey - it is good and beneficial, sweetening whatever is added to it and making whatever it mixes with better." ​

- A good end is a means to the pleasure of Allah. If Allah intends good for His slave, then He will give him/her a good end.​

- Dying while doing good deeds is a sign of a good end. ​

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