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QaiserMirza
29-Oct-2010, 12:14 AM
عن ‏أَبي عِنَبَةَ ‏ ‏قَالَ:



قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا عَسَلَهُ قِيلَ وَمَا عَسَلُهُ قَالَ يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْبِضُهُ عَلَيْهِ ‏



أخرجه أحمد وصححه الألباني






It is narrated from Abu 'Inabah (radi Allahu anhu) that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم said,




“When Allah wants good for His slave, He makes him pleasant.” It was asked, “And what makes him pleasant?” He صلى الله عليه و سلم said, “He opens the door of righteous deeds for him before his death, then He takes his soul in that state.”



[Narrated in Musnad Ahmad, authentic according to Shaykh Al-Albani]





Vocabulary from the Hadith


خَيْرًا- Good.


عَسَلَهُ - He makes him pleasant. This word literally means to make sweet, it comes from the word for honey.
يَفْتَحُ - He opens.
عَمَلًا- Deed.
صَالِحًا - Righteous/Good.
يَقْبِضُهُ- He makes him die. This word literally means to take hold or something, but it this context it means death.


عَلَيْهِ - Upon it .


Lessons from the Hadith


- Al-Munawi ([I]rahimahullah) says in Faydh al-Qadeer: "This hadeeth likens the provision of righteous deeds that Allah gives to His slaves to honey - it is good and beneficial, sweetening whatever is added to it and making whatever it mixes with better."



- A good end is a means to the pleasure of Allah. If Allah intends good for His slave, then He will give him/her a good end.



- Dying while doing good deeds is a sign of a good end.