The Difference Between a Good Deed and a Rank
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Question:
His fourth question: Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the difference between a good deed and a rank?
Answer:
A good deed is what a servant does of righteous actions, while the rank is the status that Allah grants to His servant. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:163] So the servants are on different ranks, some of them being better than others, [Al-Baqarah 2:253]. Those are the messengers, of whom We have given some preference over others, and We have raised some of them above others in degrees. Yes.
His fourth question: Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the difference between a good deed and a rank?
Answer:
A good deed is what a servant does of righteous actions, while the rank is the status that Allah grants to His servant. Allah the Exalted said:
They are [varying] degrees in the sight of Allah, and Allah is Seeing of whatever they do.
هُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَThose messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others.
تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 3041- الفرق بين الحسنة والدرجة | الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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