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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The differentiation of deeds according to the degree of hardship.

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The Shaykh : Deeds are differentiated according to the degree of hardship; deeds are differentiated according to the degree of hardship. So the more difficult a deed is for a person, the greater his reward, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)
Your reward is according to your effort إن أجرك على قدر نصبك
A deed may be the same, but it may be easy and effortless for one person and difficult for another. So we say that the person for whom the deed was difficult is better.
But note, my brothers, that this does not mean we tell a person to leave the dispensation and make things difficult for himself, for leaving the dispensation is an error, because
Allah the Most High loves that His permissions be practiced الله يحب أن تؤتى رخصه
Bulugh al-Maram 2:341
. So if a traveler said, "Fasting is difficult for me, but I seek the reward," and he fasted during his travel while fasting was difficult for him, what do we say to him? We say, "You have no reward, you have no reward,"
Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a crowd while he was traveling. He saw a crowd and a man who had been shaded, so he said, "What is this?" They said, "He is fasting." He said, "Fasting while traveling is not of righteousness" لأن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رأى زحاما وهو في سفر ، رأى زحاما ورجلا قد ظلل عليه فقال ما هذا ؟ قالوا صائم ، قال ليس من البر الصوم في السفر

And when the people complained to him of the hardship of fasting, he called for water after the 'Asr prayer. He raised it to his mouth (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was riding his camel and drank it, while the people were looking at him. So some of the Companions remained without breaking their fast ولما شكى الناس إليه مشقة الصوم دعا بماء بعد صلاة العصر فرفعه على رجله عليه الصلاة والسلام وهو راكب على بعيره وشربه والناس ينظرون إليه ، فبقي أناس من الصحابة لم يفطروا
And it seems that they (may Allah be pleased with them) considered the approach of Maghrib as a justification for not breaking the fast
He was told afterwards that some of the people had continued to fast, and said, “Those are the disobedient ones; those are the disobedient ones.” فقيل يا رسول الله إن بعض الناس قد صام فقال أولئك العصاة أولئك العصاة
Mishkat al-Masabih 2027
So he described them as sinners because they did not break their fast despite the hardship. So if fasting becomes difficult for us here in Makkah due to the fatigue of performing 'Umrah, do we say, "Bear the hardship and do not break your fast," or do we say, "Break your fast"? The answer is that we say, "Break your fast," for breaking the fast is better, breaking the fast is better in this situation, because it is a dispensation from Allah, and it is not befitting for a person to turn away from the dispensation of Allah to hardship. But if the deed does not have a dispensation, meaning if it is a customary deed and it is difficult for you, then you have a greater reward than the one for whom it was not difficult. We return now
Source alathar.net

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