The reward attached to righteous deeds if the servant performs them without being mindful of the reward: is it recorded for him?
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The Shaykh : Is it?
The questioner : Is it what is attached to the righteous deed.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the person’s ignorance of what is attached to it...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is that reward recorded for him?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a point of difficulty, meaning, if a reward is attached to a righteous deed and a person performs it because he is commanded to do so, without calculating the reward, is the reward recorded for him or not? This is a point of difficulty. The aspect of the difficulty is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 38 He specified calculating the reward. This is opposed by the fact that the texts are absolute: “Whoever does such and such, he has such and such,” and calculating the reward is not mentioned. But I hope that Allah, the Exalted, the Generous, the Bountiful, will record for him what is attached to it, even if he does not know about it.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. His saying...Sahih Muslim 397a What is the extent of the facilitation in reading the Qur'an, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The extent of the facilitation?
The Shaykh : The extent of what?
The questioner : The extent of the facilitation.
The questioner : Is it what is attached to the righteous deed.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the person’s ignorance of what is attached to it...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is that reward recorded for him?
The Shaykh : By Allah, this is a point of difficulty, meaning, if a reward is attached to a righteous deed and a person performs it because he is commanded to do so, without calculating the reward, is the reward recorded for him or not? This is a point of difficulty. The aspect of the difficulty is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards
من صام رمضان إيمانا واحتساباThe questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. His saying...
recite whatever you conveniently can from the Qur'an
اقرأ ما تيسّر معك من القرآنThe Shaykh : What?
The questioner : The extent of the facilitation?
The Shaykh : The extent of what?
The questioner : The extent of the facilitation.