from a wholesome soul, not driven by any expectation of recompense, nor motivated by showing off or by the quest for fame, nor undertaken for any worldly purpose. Rather, such deeds flow effortlessly from a heart that is clear and pure, and for that reason they weigh heaviest on their owner’s scale on the Day of Judgment.

3 – The hadith further demonstrates that if a person performs righteous acts out of an innate disposition that he did not consciously cultivate but that Allah has implanted within him, he will still be rewarded for them. Had he not belonged to the people of that noble trait—nor been worthy of it—he would never have been created upon it in the first place.