Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 1 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 85

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شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

An Explanation of Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

فَإِنَّهُ يُكْتَبُ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ حَسَنَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ؛ لِأَنَّهُ تَرَكَ فِعْلَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ لِلَّهِ، فَأُثِيبَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، كَمَا جَاءَ ذَلِكَ مُفَسَّرًا فِي لَفْظٍ آخَرَ: «إِنَّمَا تَرَكَهَا مِنْ جَرَّايَ»، أَيْ: مِنْ أَجْلِي، هَمَّ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ مُنْكَرًا كَالْغِيبَةِ مَثَلًا، وَلَكِنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ هَذَا مُحَرَّمٌ فَتَرَكَهُ لِلَّهِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يُعْطَى عَلَى ذَلِكَ حَسَنَةً كَامِلَةً.

A full good deed is recorded for him because he refrained from sin for the sake of Allah, and was rewarded accordingly. This is clarified in another narration: 'He only left it for My sake,' meaning for Me. If someone intends to commit a wrong, such as backbiting, but remembers that it is forbidden and refrains for the sake of Allah, he is credited with a complete good deed.

فَإِنْ عَمِلَ السَّيِّئَةَ كُتِبَتْ سَيِّئَةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَطْ، لَا تَزِيدُ؛ لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿مَن جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَن جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ﴾ [الْأَنْعَامُ: ١٦٠]. الْخَيْرِ.

If he commits a sin, it is recorded as only one, with no increase, as the Almighty says: 'Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof, and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged' [Al-An'am: 160].

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Vocabulary · المفردات (26 verbs · 47 nouns)

• كَتَبَ — to write
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• أَثَابَ — to reward
• حَسَنَةٌ — good
• فِعْلٌ — act
• مَعْصِيَةٌ — sin