1379 - عَرضُ الأعمالِ عَلَى اللَّهِ والنَّبِيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله والأئِمَّةِ عليهم السلام‏

1379. THE EXPOSITION OF DEEDS TO ALLAH AND THE PROPHET AND THE IMAMS (AS)

(وُقُلِ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إلَى‏ عالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِما كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ) .¹

“And say, ‘Go on working, for Allah will see your conduct, and His Apostle and the faithful [as well], and you will be returned to the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, and He will inform you concerning what you used to do.”²

4637.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تُعرَضُ الأعمالُ يَومَ الاثنَينِ والخَميسِ ، فمِن مُستَغفِرٍ فيُغفَرُ لَهُ ، ومِن تائبٍ فيُتابُ عَلَيهِ، ويُرَدُّ أهلُ الضَّغائنِ بِضَغائنِهِم حَتّى‏ يَتوبوا .³

4637.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘People’s deeds are presented every Monday and Thursday. The deeds of one who seeks forgiveness are forgiven to him, and those of the repentant are pardoned, whilst the deeds of those who harbour rancour are returned to them because of their rancour until they repent for them.’⁴

4638.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ أعمالَكُم تُعرَضُ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ يَومٍ ، فَما كانَ مِن حَسَنٍ استَزَدتُ اللَّهَ لَكُم ، وما كانَ مِن قَبيح استَغفَرتُ اللَّهَ لَكُم .⁵

4638.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily your deeds are exposed to me every day, and whatever good I see I ask Allah to increase them for you, and whatever bad I see, I seek forgiveness from Allah for you.’⁶

4639.الإمامُ الحسينُ عليه السلام : إنَّ أعمالَ هذهِ الاُمَّةِ ما مِن صَباحٍ إلّا وتُعرَضُ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعالى‏ .⁷

4639.Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘Verily the deeds of this community are exposed to Allah, most High, every single morning.’⁸

4640.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عَن قَولِهِ تَعالى‏ : (وَقُلِ اعْمَلوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسولُهُ وَالمُؤمِنونَ) - : إيّانا عَنى‏.⁹

4640. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked about Allah’s verse: “And say, ‘Go on working, for Allah will see your conduct, and His Apostle and the faithful [as well]”, replied, ‘It is us that He means [by the faithful].’¹⁰

4641.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام - وقَد قالَ عَبدُ اللَّهِ بنُ أبانَ لَهُ : إنَّ قَوماً مِن مَواليكَ سَألوني أن تَدعُوَ اللَّهَ لَهُم - : وَاللَّهِ إنّي لَأعرِضُ أعمالَهُم عَلَى اللَّهِ في كُلِّ يَومٍ .¹¹

4641. Imam al-Rida (AS), when Abdullah b. Aban said to him, ‘Verily a group of your adherents have asked me to request you to supplicate Allah on their behalf’, replied, ‘By Allah, verily I am the one who presents their deeds to Allah every day.’¹²

1378 - إتقانُ العَمَلِ‏

1378. PERFECTION OF A GOOD DEED

4635.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ اللَّهَ تَعالى‏ يُحِبُّ إذا عَمِلَ أحَدُكُم عَمَلاً أن يُتقِنَهُ .¹

4635.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily Allah, most High, loves for you to perfect a good deed when you perform it.’²

4636.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لَمّا ماتَ إبراهيمُ ابنُ رَسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله رَأى النَّبِيُّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله في قَبرِهِ خَلَلاً فسَوّاهُ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قالَ : إذا عَمِلَ أحَدُكُم عَمَلاً فَلْيُتقِنْ .³

4636.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘When Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (SAWA) passed away, the Prophet (SAWA) saw a gap in his grave, which he filled with his hand, and then said, ‘When any of you performs a good deed, he should perfect it.’⁴