Explanation of two hadiths: (The world is for four...) and (Whoever intends a bad deed but does not do it...)? And how are they reconciled?
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The questioner : I want fromThe Shaykh : [The Shaykh] to please explain to me and reconcile for us from two hadiths, the hadith and the hadith . He mentions both of them to usThe Shaykh : and reconciles the two with each other, reconciling them for us
The Shaykh : What is the first hadith?
The questioner: I do not have it memorized.
The Shaykh : It is well known, and the second?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The two hadiths, my brother, do not contradict each other, and praise be to Allah. Because the hadith of good and bad deeds, which is your second hadith, says regarding the bad deed: As for the first hadith, it does not contradict this hadith if we keep in mind that speech is an action, because it is the hadith In each of them, the one who says he has no money: "If I had money, I would have done what he did." So he says this is an action, and the other who says "If I had money" like the one who is extravagant with his money, this is also an action, and this does not contradict the hadith of the good deed not being recorded
The questioner : Meaning we consider that speech is an action
The Shaykh : Speech is an action without a doubt, this is the reconciliation. Yes.
The world is only for four
إنما الدنيا لأربعWhoever intends a good deed and does it, or does not do it
من هم بحسنة فعملها أو فلم يعملهاThe Shaykh : What is the first hadith?
The questioner:
The world is only for four: a man to whom Allah gave wealth and he acted upon it
إنما الدنيا لأربع رجلٌ آتاه الله مالاً فعمل بهThe Shaykh : It is well known, and the second?
The questioner :
Whoever intends a good deed and does it, he gets its reward, and whoever does not do it
من هم بحسنةٍ فعملها فله أجرها ومن لم يعملهاThe Shaykh : The two hadiths, my brother, do not contradict each other, and praise be to Allah. Because the hadith of good and bad deeds, which is your second hadith, says regarding the bad deed:
And if My servant intends a bad deed but does not do it, do not record it as anything
وإذا هم عبدي بسيئة فلم يعملها فلا تكتبوها شيئاThe world is only for four
إنما الدنيا لأربعThe questioner : Meaning we consider that speech is an action
The Shaykh : Speech is an action without a doubt, this is the reconciliation. Yes.
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