Continuation of the benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Those are the ones who did not believe, so Allah rendered their deeds void"

And among the benefits of this noble verse is the importance of sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for He said: He made the nullification a consequence of the lack of faith, and this indicates that the fundamental pillar of deeds
is faith. Is it taken from this noble verse that deeds increase in strength with the strength of faith, and...?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : How is that? Because when the deed is nullified due to the lack of faith, this indicates that it strengthens with the strength of faith. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the Companions: ... The deed is the same now, but the doer is different. There is a difference between one who acts with firm, strong faith, as if he sees the reward with his own eyes, and one who is not in that state. So, the difference in the quality of deeds is evidence of the difference in what is in the hearts. It is mentioned from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "By Allah, Abu Bakr did not surpass them by the abundance of his fasting or prayer, but he surpassed them by what settled in his heart" (may Allah be pleased with him) of great, firm faith. Yes. And it is not said that this opens the door for the sinners, who, when someone says to them, "Fear Allah, leave the sin, fear Allah, perform the obligatory," they say, "Taqwa is here," and strike their chest with a blow that pierces it. "Taqwa is here." What do we say to them? We say, "Taqwa is here is correct, but this is a word of truth intended to be used for falsehood." And we say, "If he feared Allah in what is here, he would fear Allah in what is there," by the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "If this were sound, the whole body would be sound." Yes. So, the result is that this verse is clear in its evidence; there is clear evidence in it that deeds differ in quality according to what is in the hearts of faith, otherwise no. And I have brought you a witness from the hadith, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to the Companions: "Did any one of you give a mountain of gold, or did any one of you give a mountain of food?" Some of them say, "A mountain of food," because it is the custom to measure it. That is, if one of you spent a mountain of gold, it would not reach the mudd of one of them in dates. Yes, because that is what is usually measured. And some of them say, "It would not reach the mudd of one of them in gold," because the difference between food and gold is far, but the difference between a little gold and a lot of gold is close.