What is taken from the hadith: "Deeds are judged by their endings"

The Shaykh: Do you know this hadith? It is in the authentic collections, but it was reported on an occasion different from this one. The man lived as a Muslim and then died a disbeliever, and he lived as a disbeliever and then died a Muslim. And he (peace be upon him) said, on an occasion like this: So I take from this Prophetic phrase, I quote from it a social reality: that every matter begins with something, and the criterion is what it ends with. Is that clear?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you, may Allah bless you. We ask Allah to make things good.