Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ((So that He may reward those who believed and did righteous deeds...))

Allah the Exalted said: He said: "in it" The pronoun refers to the Hour. The lam here is for causation. We know from the rules of the Arabic language that prepositions must have a dependent, so where is the dependent of this lam? The dependent of this lam is His saying: meaning "so that it will come to you so that He may reward those." So this lam is for causation and is attached to His saying "so that it will come to you." And means to reward or to recompense, and the doer is Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). And His saying: "in it" The author indicated by his saying "in it" that the preposition and the prepositional object are attached to because the pronoun in his saying: "in it" refers to the Hour. in it. If faith is mentioned in a general sense, it encompasses the apparent deeds, the deeds of the limbs. Likewise, if deeds are mentioned in a general sense, they encompass faith with the heart, because faith with the heart is among the deeds of the hearts. So when both are combined, it becomes faith with the heart and deeds with the limbs; faith is secret and deeds are public. And his saying: Faith in language is affirmation, and in the Shari'ah it is affirmation that necessitates acceptance and submission. It is not mere affirmation, but rather affirmation that necessitates acceptance and submission. Acceptance is regarding the news, and submission is regarding the commands. For example, one accepts what Allah and His Messenger informed about, and accepts that this ruling is obligatory, or that it is voluntary, and the like of that. And one submits to it, meaning that one worships Allah in accordance with what one believed in and in accordance with what Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) legislated. And in His saying: meaning they did the righteous deeds. So becomes a description of a described noun that is omitted. Omitting the described noun is permissible if the context indicates it. Ibn Malik said: "And of the described and the descriptor, reason permits its omission, and in the descriptor it is rare." And an example of omitting the described noun is the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Saba: 11] meaning complete coats of mail. So "complete" becomes a description of a described noun that is omitted, meaning the righteous deeds. And what are the righteous deeds? The righteous deed is that which combines two things: sincerity to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). If the first is absent, it is not righteous and is rejected from the doer. And if the second is absent, it is not righteous and is rejected from the doer as well. The evidence for the first is that Allah the Exalted said in the Qudsi Hadith: And for the second, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: or So it is not possible for a deed to be righteous except with these two conditions: sincerity and following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). If a man innovates an innovation from among the innovations and worships Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with it, and he finds in his heart tranquility towards it, humility, and weeping, but it is an innovation in the religion of Allah, would it be a righteous deed? It would not be, even if this deed is made attractive to the person and he finds tranquility in it, for it is not among the righteous deeds. So it is not accepted and it is not beneficial. Rather, the person sins with it, because it is approaching Allah the Exalted with what He dislikes. And approaching Allah the Exalted with what He dislikes is a type of mocking Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Have you seen if you came to a king from among the kings and gifted him a bottle containing what you want to take to the laboratory? Would you be honoring him? No, no, answer? No, because he dislikes this thing. How can you say you gifted him perfume? A jar of perfume is fine, but if you gift him this thing and approach him with it, this is contrary to what you want and is a type of mocking this honored or exalted person. Okay, and in the benefits: So what are the righteous deeds? The righteous deeds that combine two conditions: sincerity to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). There are some deeds that are disliked in the Shari'ah, but the person finds tranquility in them and feels at ease with them. We say: Do not be deceived by this ease and this tranquility, for that is from the adornment of what? From the adornment of Satan. The worshippers of idols who made them intercessors for them with Allah find ease in this and see them as a means between them and Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and yet it is shirk (associating partners with Allah). An example of this is that some people close their eyes in prayer and say that this is more conducive to humility. This is from the adornment of Satan, because closing the eyes in prayer without a reason is yes, disliked and contrary to the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not close his eyes, but rather he would either look at the place of his prostration or straight ahead. As for closing his eyes, this is contrary to the Sunnah. For this reason, the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) disliked it. Yes, if there is a reason for closing the eyes, such as if there is something in front of you that dazzles your eyes or engravings that distract you, then here closing the eyes is for a reason, not to approach Allah, but to remove what disturbs you.