Haven't you Heard?* [[---- Part Four ----]]

 *Haven't you Heard?*

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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم

Al-Bukhari recorded from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,

"Three things follow the deceased person, and two of them return while one remains behind with him. The things which follow him are his family, his wealth and his deeds. His family and his wealth return while his deeds remain.📚 This Hadith has also been recorded by Muslim, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i.

Now,

*Will the deceased be rewarded for the wealth he left behind for his heirs?*

Accumulating wealth through trade and other allowed means is permissible, and the Muslim will be rewarded for doing permissible things if he intends good thereby, because people’s actions are judged according to their intentions, as the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Deeds are but by intentions and each man will have but that which he intended.” Narrated by al-Bukhari (1) and Muslim (1907).

With regard to the wealth that they leave behind, people are of two types:

The first type is the one who accumulates wealth and hoards it out of stinginess and pride, and does not give charity while he is alive or help the needy or like any of his relatives to benefit from it after he dies, out of envy and ignorance.

There is fear for such a person, because he does not do what he supposed to do while still living and have no any good intention regarding the wealth he leaves behind, and he does not want to show kindness to his relatives.

We have seen cases where we bagged the inheritors to remove something small out of plenty to do good deeds (like sinking a borehole, repairing masjid, sponsoring ophan's education etc) that will benefit their parents, but Wallahi they refused.

Now,

The second one is the one who accumulates wealth intending to do good for his family and those on whose maintenance he spends, so that he may make them independent of means and treat them kindly, and so that they will not look with avarice to the wealth of other people, and he hopes by doing all of that that he will attain reward from Allah, may He be exalted. He will be rewarded for the wealth he leaves behind for his heirs, because this is showing kindness to the slaves of Allah..

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

Then the Messenger (PBUH) said: “If you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better than leaving them dependent and asking from people.”

That is, if you keep your wealth and your heirs inherit it and become independent thereby, that is better than leaving them dependent, not leaving them anything.

“and asking from people” means: holding out their hands to people and begging, saying, Give to us, give to us.

This indicates that if the deceased leaves behind wealth for his heirs, that is better for him.

No one should think that if he leaves behind wealth and it is inherited from him, that there is no reward for him in that. Rather there is indeed reward for him. In fact, the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “If you leave your heirs independent of means, that is better than leaving them dependent …” because if you leave behind wealth for your heirs, they will benefit from it and they are your relatives, whereas if you give it in charity, strangers will benefit from it, and charity to a relative is better than charity to a stranger, because charity to a relative is both charity and upholding ties of kinship."📚(Sharh Riyadh as-Saaliheen, 1/44-45).

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TO BE CONTINUED


سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك نشهد ان لا اله الا انت نستغفرك ونتوابوااليك