Bakr outweighed them. (1) Then the same was mentioned concerning ʿUmar.

When the good deeds of two people are weighed, one may say, “The good deeds of this one are weightier.” Likewise, if the reward of two actions is weighed, one may say, “The reward of this action is weightier.” Yet Allah, exalted is He, never describes the scales in terms of “outweighing”; He speaks only of heaviness and lightness. Good deeds have weight, whereas sins have none whatsoever. Therefore, when good deeds are weighed against sins, the side of sins can never be heavier, for that would make the heavy thing blameworthy—while the Quran ascribes heaviness only to what is praiseworthy.

Accordingly, the Quran does not say, “So whose good deeds outweigh,” or, “Whose evil deeds outweigh.” Instead it says, “So those whose scales are heavy” and “those whose scales are light.” This indicates that anyone who has no good deed at all will be granted no weight.

Allah the Exalted says:

“Say, ‘Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in respect of deeds? They are those whose effort went astray in the life of the world while they thought they were doing good.’ … ‘So We shall assign no weight to them on the Day of Resurrection.’” (Surah al-Kahf 18:103–105)

These are the people whose works Allah has utterly nullified, leaving them no good deed whatsoever; hence He will set no weight for them on the Day of Resurrection.

And Abu Saʿid al-Khudri narrated: “People will come on the Day of Resurrection with deeds that are…"