The Shaykh’s explanation of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that was traced to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (The likeness of the son of Adam and his family and his deeds...)
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The Shaykh : It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the authentic collections. These authentic hadiths are, in reality, in terms of meaning and subject matter, like the last hadith with which we ended our previous lesson, the hadith of Anas when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 1:230 We have already spoken about this hadith to the extent that was possible in our previous lesson, so we have no need to repeat the discussion of these two hadiths as long as they revolve around what the previous hadith of Anas revolved around. However, I see that it is necessary to make a very brief remark about what these hadiths revolve around and focus on. We see that they focus the speech on deeds, and that it is the deed that remains and enters the grave with its owner, and that everything else of wealth, servants, attendants, and kin does not benefit him in any way. Rather, they all return, and his wealth becomes an inheritance for his heirs. As for his relatives and kin, they do not avail him of anything from Allah. So, the hadith, or rather the hadiths, direct the Muslims to care about the deed that will remain with them forever, and not to care about wealth and status, which are among the causes of... family, servants, and attendants.
Since this is the case with this wealth, it is as if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) wants, as the author indicates when he cites these hadiths in the Book of Asceticism from the World, to point out that since wealth will not remain, and only the deed remains, you should perfect your deeds. Perfecting deeds includes righteous wealth, because if one gathers wealth and it is righteous, and he also spends it in the prescribed ways, as we also mentioned in the previous lesson, then this is also from righteous deeds and from the legacies that he immortalizes after his death in this world. The effects of this righteous deed come to him, especially if its cause is righteous wealth. So, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encourages in these three hadiths that one of us should perfect his deed, whether it is worship, prayer, gathering wealth, or the like...
The likeness of the son of Adam and his wealth, his family, and his deeds is like a man who has three brothers—or three companions. One of them said, "I am with you as long as you are alive, but when you die, I am not from you and you are not from me." That is his wealth. The second said, "I am with you until you reach that tree, then I am not from you and you are not from me." The third said, "I am with you in life and in death."
مثل ابن آدم وماله وأهله وعمله كرجل له ثلاثة إخوة -أو ثلاثة أصحاب- فقال أحدهم أنا معك حياتك، فإذا مت فلست منك ولست مني، فهو ماله، وقال الآخر: أنا معك فإذا بلغت تلك الشجرة فلست منك ولست مني ، وقال الآخر أنا معك حياً وميتاًThree things follow the dead man: his family, his wealth, and his deeds. Two return and one remains. His family and his wealth return, and his deeds remain.
يتبع الميت ثلاث أهله و ماله و عمله فيرجع اثنان و يبقى واحد ، يرجع أهله و ماله و يبقى عملهSince this is the case with this wealth, it is as if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) wants, as the author indicates when he cites these hadiths in the Book of Asceticism from the World, to point out that since wealth will not remain, and only the deed remains, you should perfect your deeds. Perfecting deeds includes righteous wealth, because if one gathers wealth and it is righteous, and he also spends it in the prescribed ways, as we also mentioned in the previous lesson, then this is also from righteous deeds and from the legacies that he immortalizes after his death in this world. The effects of this righteous deed come to him, especially if its cause is righteous wealth. So, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encourages in these three hadiths that one of us should perfect his deed, whether it is worship, prayer, gathering wealth, or the like...