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Combining the verse "And it is not for a man to have except what he strives for" with the hadith regarding the severance of deeds

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile His saying
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strivesوَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
[An-Najm 53:39]
with this hadith: when a person dies

Answer:
There is no contradiction between them. This is a specification. The hadith specifies the generality. There is no contradiction between the general and the specific.
Source فتح المجيد شرح كتاب التوحيد، شرح فتح المجيد 08-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (55:42)

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