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Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The deeds come forth. 1 Prayer comes and says: ‘O Lord, I am prayer.’ He says: ‘You are upon good.’ Charity comes and says: ‘O Lord, I am charity.’ He says: ‘You are upon good.’ Fasting comes and says: ‘O Lord, I am fasting.’ He says: ‘You are upon good.’ Other deeds come likewise, and Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘You are upon good.’ Then Islam comes and says: ‘O Lord, You are Peace, and I am Islam.’ Allah, the Exalted, says: ‘You are upon good. Through you today I take, and through you I give.’ Allah, the Exalted, said in His Book: ‘Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.’ (Aal-E-Imran: 85)”
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(1) His statement: “The deeds come forth…”: The meaning is that individual deeds intercede for their doer, and Allah responds with kindness. When Islam, the foundation encompassing all deeds, comes, its intercession is accepted, as it begins with praise of Allah, which is among the etiquettes of effective intercession. The deeds come either in their true forms, as everything has a reality and form in that world—like a cloud for faith, milk for knowledge, or a ram for death—or are represented in beautiful forms, as said about their weighing, or it is a metaphor for their consideration attributed to their doer, achieving salvation through them. (As stated in Al-Lama’at.)
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(۱) قوله: تجيء الأعمال إلخ حاصل المراد من الحديث أن الأعمال فرادى تجيء شافعة لصاحبها، فيردها الله بلطف، حتى إذا جاء الإسلام الذي هو الأصل وجامع الأعمال كلها قبلت شفاعته، وقد جاء مبدئًا بالثناء على الله تعالى الذي هو من آداب الشفاعة المؤثرة في القبول، ثم يجيء الأعمال إما بحقائقها وصورها التي لها في ذلك العالم؛ فإن لكل شيء حقيقة وصورة، كالظلة للإيمان، واللبن للعلم، والكبش للموت، أو يجعلها في صور حسنة، كما قيل في وزنها، أو هو كناية عن اعتبارها وملاحظتها منسوبة إلى عاملها، وحصول النجاة لهم بها. كذا في اللمعات».