Allah says:
[الْمَالُ
وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا]
(Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world.) This is
like the Ayah:
[زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ
حُبُّ الشَّهَوَتِ مِنَ النِّسَآءِ وَالْبَنِينَ وَالْقَنَـطِيرِ الْمُقَنطَرَةِ
مِنَ الذَّهَبِ]
(Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children,
vaulted hoards of gold...) [3:14]. Allah says:
[إِنَّمَآ
أَمْوَلُكُمْ وَأَوْلَـدُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ وَاللَّهُ عِنْدَهُ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ]
(Your wealth and your children are only a trial, whereas Allah! With Him is a
great reward (Paradise).) [64:15] turning towards Allah and worshipping Him is
better for you than keeping busy with them, and accumulating wealth for them and
going to extremes in feeling pity and compassion for them. Allah says:
[وَالْبَـقِيَاتُ
الصَّـلِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلاً]
(But the good righteous deeds that last, are better with your Lord for reward
and better for hope.) Ibn `Abbas, Sa`id bin Jubayr and others among the Salaf
said that the good righteous deeds that last are the five daily prayers. `Ata'
bin Abi Rabah and Sa`id bin Jubayr narrated from Ibn `Abbas, "The good righteous
deeds that last are `Subhan Allah (glory be to Allah)', `Al-Hamdu Lillah (praise
be to Allah)', `La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except
Allah)', and `Allahu Akbar (Allah is Most Great).'" The Commander of the
faithful, `Uthman bin `Affan was questioned, "Which are the good righteous deeds
that last'' He replied, "They are: `La ilaha illallah, Subhan Allah, Al-Hamdu
Lillah, Allahu Akbar and La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah hil-`Aliyil-`Azim
(there is no strength and no power except with Allah the Exalted, the
Almighty).''' This was recorded by Imam Ahmad. Imam Ahmad also recorded from a
freed slave of the Messenger of Allah that he said:
«بَخٍ بَخٍ لِخَمْسٍ
مَا أَثْقَلَهُنَّ فِي الْمِيزَانِ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ،
وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ، وَالْوَلَدُ الصَّالِحُ يُتَوَفَّى
فَيَحْتَسِبُهُ وَالِدُهُ وَقَالَ: بَخٍ بَخٍ لِخَمْسٍ مَنْ لَقِيَ اللهَ
مُسْتَيْقِنًا بِهِنَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ: يُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ،
وَبِالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ، وَبِالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَبِالْحِسَاب»
(Well done! Well done for five things! (How heavy they will weigh in the
balance! "La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, and Al-Hamdu Lillah,''
and a righteous son who dies and his parents seek the reward of Allah.) And he
said: (Well done! Well done for five things! Whoever meets Allah believing in
them, he will enter Paradise; if he believes in Allah, the Last Day, Paradise
and Hell, resurrection after death, and the Reckoning).
[وَالْبَـقِيَاتُ
الصَّـلِحَاتُ]
(the good righteous deeds that last, ) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn
`Abbas said, "This is the celebration of the remembrance of Allah, saying `La
ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Al-Hamdu Lillah, Tabarak Allah, La
hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, Astaghfirallah, Sallallahu `ala Rasul-Allah',
and fasting, prayer, Hajj, Sadaqah (charity), freeing slaves, Jihad, maintaining
ties of kinship, and all other good deeds. These are the righteous good deeds
that last, which will remain in Paradise for those who do them for as long as
heaven and earth remain.'' Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas: "They are good
words.'' `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said, "They are all righteous deeds.''
This was also the view chosen by Ibn Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him.
[" وَيَوْمَ
نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الاٌّرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَـهُمْ فَلَمْ
نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً - وَعُرِضُواْ عَلَى رَبِّكَ صَفَا لَّقَدْ
جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَـكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن
نَّجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَّوْعِدًا - وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَـبُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ
مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يوَيْلَتَنَا مَا لِهَـذَا الْكِتَـبِ لاَ
يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلاَ كَبِيرَةً إِلاَّ أَحْصَاهَا وَوَجَدُواْ مَا عَمِلُواْ
حَاضِرًا وَلاَ يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا ]
(47. And (remember) the Day We shall cause the mountains to pass away, and
you will see the earth as a levelled plain, and We shall gather them so that We
will leave not one of them behind. ) (48. And they will be set before your Lord,
aligned. (He will say:) "Now indeed, you have come to Us as We created you the
first time. Nay, but you thought that We had appointed no meeting for you (with
Us).'') (49. And the Book will be produced, and you will see the criminals,
fearful of that which is therein. They will say: "Woe to us! What sort of Book
is this that leaves neither a small thing nor a large thing, but has recorded it
with numbers!'' And they will find all that they did, present, and your Lord
treats no one with injustice.)
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