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Protecting (One's) Deeds (By Fearing their Non-Acceptance)

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Darussalam · Volume 5

37. The ChaptersOn Asceticism

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الحديث: 4199 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1404

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4199. Mu'āwiyyah bin Abu Sufyān said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Deeds are like vessels. If the lower part is good then the upper part will be good, and if the lower part is bad then the upper part will be bad." (Hasan)

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4199 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ رَبٍّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ كَالْوِعَاءِ، إِذَا طَابَ أَسْفَلُهُ، طَابَ أَعْلَاهُ، وَإِذَا فَسَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ، فَسَدَ أَعْلَاهُ» حَدَّثَنَا

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    [1] Al-Mu'minun 23:60.

Commentary

If an act is performed with sincerity, then it is considered good and becomes worth being accepted. If it is not based on sincerity, then even though it appears good, actually it is not good.