The Hadith (No one of you will enter Paradise by his deeds...) and His saying, the Exalted: (That is the Paradise which you shall inherit because of what you used to do). Is there not a contradiction between them?
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The questioner : The Hadith Sahih Muslim 91b and His saying, the Exalted: [Az-Zukhruf 43:72] Is there not a contradiction between them?
The Shaykh : The scholars said: As for His saying, the Exalted:[Al-A'raf 7:43] and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 91b, the way to reconcile them is to take the preposition "ba" in His saying: [Al-A'raf 7:43] to mean causality, and to take the preposition "ba" in his saying: Sahih Muslim 2818a to mean exchange or recompense. For if the deed were paired with the reward as an equivalent, the reward would encompass the deed and not be its counterpart. Moreover, the success granted to a person to perform righteous deeds is a blessing that requires gratitude.
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: None shall enter the Fire (of Hell) who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of Iman and none shall enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride.
لا يدخل الجنة أحد بعمله ...And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.
تلك الجنة التي أورثتموها بما كنتم تعملونThe Shaykh : The scholars said: As for His saying, the Exalted: