Seeking Nearness to Allah the Exalted Through Righteous Deeds
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The Shaykh : The sixth: Seeking nearness to Allah the Exalted through righteous deeds. A person seeks nearness to Allah through righteous deeds. Among the examples of this is the story of the men of the cave. Three of them, or perhaps four, were traveling by night. They entered a cave, but when they were inside, a rock closed over the entrance of the cave, and they were unable to move it. So some of them said to others, "Seek nearness to Allah the Exalted through your righteous deeds." So they sought nearness to Allah the Exalted through their righteous deeds. One of them sought nearness to Allah the Exalted through his kindness to his parents. The second sought nearness to Allah the Exalted through his chastity. The third sought nearness to Allah through his trustworthiness. So the rock moved, and they walked out. What is this seeking of nearness to Allah? It is through righteous deeds. The eighth.
The student: The seventh.
The student: The seventh.
