Riyad-us-Saliheen — Chapter 84: About Continuing to do Good Deeds One has become Accustomed to Doing

Chapter Introduction

٨٤ ـ باب فى المحافظة على ما اعتاده من الخير

Translation: Allah said:

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ الرَّعۡدِ (13:11)

لَهُ مُعَقِّبَاتٌ مِّن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَالٍ

( سُورَةُ الرَّعۡدِ (13:11) )

Translation: " For him (each person), there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by the Command of Allah. Verily! Allah will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change their state (of goodness) themselves (by committing sins and by being ungrateful and disobedient to Allah). But when Allah wills a people's punishment, there can be no turning back of it, and they will find besides Him no protector. * " (13: 11) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ (16:92)

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّتِي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَاثًا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَرْبَىٰ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ ۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

( سُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ (16:92) )

Translation: " And be not like the one who undoes the thread that she has spun after it has become strong, by taking your oaths as a means of deception among yourselves, lest a nation may be more numerous than another nation. Allah only tests you by this (i.e. who obeys Allah and fulfills Allah's Covenant and who disobeys Allah and breaks Allah's Covenant). And on the Day of Resurrection, He will certainly make clear to you that wherein you used to differ (a believer confesses and believes in the Oneness of Allah and in the Prophethood of Prophet Muhammad which the disbeliever denies and that is their difference amongst them in the life of this world). * " (16: 92) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ الحَدِيدِ (57:16)

أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

( سُورَةُ الحَدِيدِ (57:16) )

Translation: " Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah-Islamic Monotheism) to be affected by Allah's Reminder (this Koran), and what has been revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the Scripture (the Torah) and Al Injeel before (the Jews and the Christians), and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts became hardened? And many of them were rebellious. * " (57: 16) And

الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمُسُورَةُ الحَدِيدِ (57:27)

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ فَآتَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

( سُورَةُ الحَدِيدِ (57:27) )

Translation: " Then, We sent after them Our Messengers, and We sent Jesus-son of Mary, and gave him Al Injeel. And We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy. But the celibacy that they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they sought it) only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance. So We gave those among them who believed their (due) reward; but many of them are rebellious. * " (57:27) The Messenger of Allah as said:

Hadith 325: Hadith 325

٣٢٥- عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْن عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ ) . عَنْهُمَا قَالَ : قَالَ لِي رَسُوَلَاللهِ : يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ ، لاَ تَكُن مِثْلَ فُلانٍ ، كَانَ يَقُومُ اللَّيْلَ فَتَرَكَ قِيَامَ الليل . رواه البخاري

Translation: 325. Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Al-Ass, may Allah be pleased with them: ' Allah's Messenger said to me: " O Abdullah! Do not be like so and so who used to offer the night prayer and then stopped performing it. " " (Bukhari)