SEVENTY WAYS TO EARN REWARD FROM ALLAH
-by Dr.A.Riyaz Ahamed.
All praise to allahu subahanahu thaala.in this section i have highlighted seventy ways of earning reward from Allah. forthcoming article is a concise form taken from various verses of holy quraan and teachings of prophet (sal).
as these article is a lengthy article i prefer to publish increment by increment so as tho facilitate the readers to go through thoroughly.
it is from mercy of Allah that He legislated many deeds through from which people can get reward.
1) RECEPTANCE DONE SINCERELY TO ALLAH :
allahs apostle said
“Allah wil forgive the sins of anybody who repends before the sun rises from west(a major sign for day of judgement)” sahi muslim
Allah accepts repentance of his slaves until the time of their death(i.e when the soul is departing) tirmidhi
2) PERFORMING UMRAH DURING RAMDHAAN
Prophet sal said
“Performing umrah during ramdhan is like performing hajj with me (sahi bukhari and sahi muslim)”
3) RECITATION OF QURAAN
Prophet sal said
"recite quraan for it will intercede for you with Allah on the day of judgment" sahi muslim
4)LEARNING AND TEACHING THE QURAAN
"the best among you is the one who learns the quraan and teaches it to others"
bukhari
5)THE MENTION OF ALLAH
allah's appostle said
"shall i not tell you about the best of your deeds the most pure righteous and sincere of them to your creator that which will entitle you to the highest ranks which is better for you than donating gold and silver for the sake of allah,which is better than fighting enemies in jihad where you kill them or you become matyrs" the people replied yes O messenger of allah so he said "the mention of ALLAH" tirmidhi.
6) SEEKING ALLAH'S FORGIVENESS
Prophet sal said :
"for he who always seeks forgiveness to Allah ,Allah will relive him from all adversities,make a way out of him from all hardships and provide him from means from which he could have never expected"-nasayee
7) PERFORMING COMPLETE AND PROPER ABLUTION
Prophet sal said
"whosoever who performs a complete and proper ablution,sins will leave his body
even from under his nails"sahi muslim
8) SUPPLICATING BETWEEN ADHAAN AND IQAAMATH
Prophet sal said
"supplication between the adhaan and iqaamaath is not rejected".then the people asked what should we ask for ? prophet sal replied "ask allah for his forgiveness"(tirmidhi)
9)PERFORMING THE FIVE DAILY PRAYERS
Prophet sal said
"There is no Muslim who at the time of prayer,performs ablution properly then performs prayers in humbly befor ALLAH and perfects its pillars;except that this will expiate all his past minor sins.this is for every prayer throught his life".(sahi muslim)
10) OFFERING FAJR AND ASR PRAYERS PROMPTLY
"Prophet sal said whoever performs the two cool prayers(fajr and asr) on time will enter paradise " bukhari
