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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The best provision a Muslim takes for this abode

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Question:
Now, what is the best thing a Muslim takes as provision for this abode?

Answer:
Righteous deeds. The Muslim was created to work for the Hereafter, and he uses this world to help him in his righteous deeds. So he works for the Hereafter. This world is a place of work and no reckoning, while the Hereafter is a place of reckoning and no work. So he prepares for the Hereafter and is not deceived by this world, nor does he become preoccupied with it to the neglect of the Hereafter. He takes from it what Allah has made lawful and uses it to help him in obeying Allah. However, this world should not be his most important concern or his primary preoccupation. Rather, he should remember the Hereafter, occupy himself with working for it, and prepare for it.
And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allah.وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ
[Al-Baqarah 2:197]
The provision for the Hereafter is taqwa (mindfulness of Allah). As for the provision for travel in this world, it is food and drink. So the Muslim takes provision from taqwa. The best provision is taqwa for the Hereafter: righteous deeds, obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and preserving one's time. This is what is obligatory for the Muslim. The Muslim—no, the servant, every servant—does not leave this world, whether he is a Muslim or a disbeliever. No one leaves this world except with his deeds. He does not leave it with his wealth; he leaves it only with his deeds. He does not leave it with his status; he leaves it only with his deeds, whether they are good or evil. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أفضل ما يتزود به المسلم في هذه الدار. الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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