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What are the Reasons and Deeds that Increase Reward

By the great scholar

Shaikh Abdur-Rahman Nasir As-Sa’di (d. 1376 AH)

(رحمه اللّه)

The answer, and success is with Allah; increasing the reward of righteous actions to the amount of 10 fold is something that occurs in every righteous deed as the Most High said,

من جاء بالحسنة فله عشر أمثالها

“Whoever brings a good deed shall have ten times the like thereof to his credit…” (Al-An’am 6:160) 

As far as increasing the reward of good deeds beyond that, which is the intent of the question, then there are reasons or causes directly connected to the one performing the deed, the deed itself, its time, place, or effect.  From the most important causes for the reward of a righteous deed to be increased is the worshipper actualizing in his/her deed sincerity to the One he/she is worshipping i.e. Allah and following the practice of the prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam).  That’s if the action or deed is legislated, the worshipper’s intention is to please his Lord and gain His reward, and he actualizes this intent by making it the driving cause for the action, which is the purpose of the deed or action in that it is done out of ones faith in Allah and His messenger (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) seeking to fulfill an order from the Legislator solely for His pleasure as has come in many verses and traditions such as the Most High’s statement,

إنما يتقبل الله من المتقين

“Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are the pious.”  (Al-Ma’idah 5:27) 

Those who are pious to Allah by actualizing sincerity and in agreement with the sunnah.  Similar is what has been reported in the prophetic tradition, “whoever fasts the month of Ramadan with faith (in its obligation) seeking the reward from Allah, he will be forgiven for what has proceeded of sin and whoever prays the month of Ramadan while faith (in its obligation) seeking the reward from Allah, he will be forgiven for what has proceeded of sin.”  And there are many texts which contain a similar meaning.

A few deeds performed with full sincerity outweigh many which do not reach their level of strong sincerity and for this, the outward actions are given superiority by Allah i.e increased in reward, in accordance with their superiority established in the hearts or strength of faith and sincerity.  Included in the actions which are increased in reward according to the sincerity of the worshiper is abandoning the souls desires of that which is impermissible if those desires are left sincerely from the heart for no other reason (other than Allah) and the people of the cave’s story is an evidence for this…

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