Is the disbeliever rewarded for doing good in this world?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Furqan 25:23]
Answer:
This is in the Hereafter in the Hereafter.
As for in this world: he is rewarded in this world for what Allah wills regarding his deeds, whether it is maintaining family ties, being dutiful to his parents, honoring a guest, freeing slaves, or giving charity to the poor. No deed is lost with Allah; he is rewarded for it in this world.
Q: If the disbeliever performs these good deeds without a good intention...?
The Shaykh: It appears—and Allah knows best—that he performs them for Allah. This statement applies to the one who is in Allah; because a disbeliever may do things for Allah, thinking that he is benefiting, thinking that he is guided, as He said (peace and blessings be upon him): [Al-A'raf: 30]. He may do them hoping for what is with Allah in terms of recompense, generosity, and nobility; so he is rewarded as He wills.
As for the heedless one who did not intend Allah in anything, but only acts according to his nature and his desire; this is not included in this. He may not be rewarded for anything.
May Allah reward you. His saying, the Exalted:
And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَى مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاء مَّنثُورًا...Answer:
This is in the Hereafter
scattered dust
هَبَاء مَّنثُورًاAs for in this world: he is rewarded in this world for what Allah wills regarding his deeds, whether it is maintaining family ties, being dutiful to his parents, honoring a guest, freeing slaves, or giving charity to the poor. No deed is lost with Allah; he is rewarded for it in this world.
Q: If the disbeliever performs these good deeds without a good intention...?
The Shaykh: It appears—and Allah knows best—that he performs them for Allah. This statement applies to the one who is in Allah; because a disbeliever may do things for Allah, thinking that he is benefiting, thinking that he is guided, as He said (peace and blessings be upon him):
Indeed, they had taken the devils as allies instead of Allah while they thought that they were guided.
إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَAs for the heedless one who did not intend Allah in anything, but only acts according to his nature and his desire; this is not included in this. He may not be rewarded for anything.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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