The Three That follow To The Grave | Ibn Rajab Al- Hanbali

According to the Sahih of Al Bukhari and Muslim, Anas ibn Malik narrated that the Prophet stated that three things accompany a deceased person to their grave: their family, their wealth, and their actions. While the family and wealth may return, their deeds remain with them.

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DAR AS-SUNNAH CLASSIC COLLECTION THE THREE THAT FOLLOW TO THE GRAVE IBN RAJAB AL-HANBALİ
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Hafiz THE AUTHOR CONTENT Aban Hafiz Abu'l-Faraj ibn Rajab al-Hanbali 11 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE The Family The First Companion ards wollof als zid word CHAPTER TWO The Second Companion The Wealth CHAPTER THREE The Third Companion The Deeds APPENDIX ONE Working for the Hereafter 17 22 27 33 40 0
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Appendix Nine: The Virtues of Patience his heart."10 In exegesis to this verse, 'Alqamah said, "This refers to a misfor- tune that befalls a person, but he knows that it is from Allah so he accepts it and is content.' In an authentic ḥadīth, the Prophet) said, "There is nothing that Allah ordains for the believer except that it is good for him. If he encounters times of ease, he is grateful and that is good for him. If he encounters misfortune, he is patient and that is good for him. This only holds true for the believer."""1 The Qur'an also proves this, قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَتَأْ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ GALERIJA قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلَّا إِحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ EW "Say: 'Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Master and it is in Allah that the believers should put their trust.' Say: 'What do you await for us except for one of the two best things?...12 Here, He informs us that nothing could happen to them except what He has decreed. This indicates that, regardless if what they encounter is hard or easy, it is the same to them. He then informs 10 al-Taghabun (64): 11 11 Muslim #2999 on the authority of Șuhayb ibn Sinan 12 al-Tawbah (9): 51-52 69
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THE THREE THAT FOLLOW TO THE GRAVE IBN RAJAB AL-HANBALI In the Sahiḥ of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, it is reported that Anas ibn Malik narrated that the Prophet said: "Three things follow the deceased person (to the grave), two of them return, and only one remains. His family, wealth and actions follow him. His family and wealth return, but his deeds will remain." Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajar said in his Fathul Bari, "The meaning of 'his deeds remain' is that he will enter the grave with them", whether they were righteous or evil. Man is therefore encouraged to have a righteous family that he lives with, and wealth that he supports them and himself with so that when these two companions inevitably leave him, they may continue to be a source of reward for him. The intelligent person is the one who takes from these things sufficiently to help him in the remembrance of Allah, and what will benefit him in the next life. Thus he takes from his wealth what helps him in reaching the success of the next life, and takes a righteous spouse to assist him in his faith. He must never be deluded by this world and its dazzles, its beauty and splendours, such that he preoccupies himself with it at the expense of occupying himself with what is eternal and everlasting (i.e. the Hereafter). As for the person who has taken wealth and family as a distraction from Allah, then he is indeed a loser. As Allah said, "O you who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah. And whosoever does that, then they are the losers" [Al-Munafiqun, 63:9] He, the Most High, also said, "And it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness" [Saba', 34:37] Al-Hakim recorded in his Mustadrak (4/324), "O son of Adam, live as you want, for you will die. Love who you want, for you will leave him. Do what you want, for you will meet your actions. And be however you wish. And as you do, you will be recompensed." Dár as-Sunnah Publishers P.O. Box 9818, Birmingham, B11 4WA,United Kingdom. E-mail: info@darassunnah.com www.darassunnah.com ISBN-13: 978-1904336-06-2 ISBN-10: 1-904336-08-6 Copyright by 9 781904 336082 Dár as-Sunnah Publishers