by Asma bint Shameem
🌿 "الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ"🌿
Allaah says:
الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا
“Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world.
But the ’everlasting good deeds’ 'الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ’ are better with your Lord for rewards and better for [one’s] hope.” (Surah al-Kahf:46)
So what are these
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ"
“the good deeds that are everlasting”?
🍃 Aboo Sa’eed al Khudree radhi Allaahu anhu said that the Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said:
“Increase in gaining
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ",
the everlasting good deeds.
It was said, ‘What are they O Messenger of Allaah?’
He said:
-Takbeer(Allaahu Akbar)
- tahleel (Laa ilaaha illallaah)
-Tasbeeh (Subhaan Allaah),
-Tahmeed (Alhamdulillaah) and
-laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah.’”
(Ahmad 3/75; Saheeh ibn Hibbaan 840; al Mustadrak 1/512).
🍃 And Ibn Abbaas radhi Allaahu anhu said:
“This is the celebration of the remembrance of Allaah, saying:
La ilaaha illallah
Allaahu Akbar
Subhaan Allaah
Alhamdulillaah
Tabaarak Allaah
Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billaah
Astaghfirullaah
Sallallaahu ‘alaa Rasul-Allaah and
fasting
prayer
Hajj
Sadaqah (charity)
freeing slaves
Jihad
maintaining ties of kinship
and all other good deeds.
These are the righteous good deeds that last,
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ",
which will remain in Paradise for those who do them for as long as heaven and earth remain.”
🍃 Explaining this Aayah, Shaikh as-Sa’di said in his tafseer:
“And the lasting good deeds
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ"”
“They are every action or statement that brings one closer to Allaah or brings about some benefit to His creation.”
(Tafseer as-Sa’di)
🍃 Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen said:
“The ‘ever lasting good deeds’
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ"
are good statements or actions, like [saying]
‘Subhaanallaah,’
‘Alhamdulillaah,’
‘Laa ilaaha illallaah,’
‘Allaahu Akbar,’ and,
‘Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa billaah,’ and
[are things like] giving charity, fasting, ordering the good and forbidding the evil and other such things.
These
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ"
‘the everlasting good deeds’ are “better before your Lord for reward” i.e., recompense and requital, and “better for [one’s] hope” i.e., the BEST things a person can hope for.” (Tafseer Surah al-Kahf, p. 79)
🍃 Shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen also said:
“From what is known, is that saying Subhaan Allaah (far is Allaah from imperfection) ONCE is BETTER, in a person’s register of good deeds, than the Duniya and what is in it. This is because the Duniya and what is in it goes away and will end but saying SubhanAllaah and good actions will remain.” [Sharh Riyadh as-Saliheen 3/478]
Subhaan Allaah!
What beautiful words and what beautiful deeds!
🍃The Prophet ﷺ said:
“The words to remember the Majesty of Allaah with are:
Tasbeeh (saying Subhaan Allaah) and
Tahleel (saying Laa ilaaha ilallaah)
Tahmeed (saying Alhamdulillaah)
They revolve (circulate) around the Throne making a sound like that of the buzzing of the bees, remembering those who said them.”
(As-Silsilah as-Saheehah and authenticated by al-Albaani no. 3358)
Would you not want to be remembered by that which you remembered?
Of course! Who doesn’t?!
So fill your Friday with Subhaan Allaah, Alhamdulillaah, Laa ilaaha illa Allaah, Allaahu Akbar, La Hawla wa la Quwwata illa billaah and other adhkaar, sadaqah and all other good deeds.
Keep up the remembrance and thankfulness of your Rabb and make the most of this amazing opportunity to be remembered by the adhkaar you remembered Allaah with.
May Allaah give us the taufeeq to earn
"الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ"
‘the everlasting good deeds’.
And Allaah knows best.
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