will be shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Show mercy and you will be shown mercy. Show mercy to those on earth, and the One in heaven will show you mercy.” He, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also said:
“Whoever relieves a believer of one of the hardships of this world, Allah will relieve him of one of the hardships of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever makes things easier for someone in financial difficulty, Allah will make things easier for him in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever conceals a Muslim’s faults, Allah will conceal his faults in this world and the Hereafter. Allah helps His servant as long as His servant helps his brother.”
In an authentic hadith conveying Allah’s words:
“Whoever remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself. Whoever remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a better gathering. Whoever draws near to Me by a handspan, I draw near to him by an arm’s length. Whoever draws near to Me by an arm’s length, I draw near to him by the length of two outstretched arms. Whoever comes to Me walking, I come to him at a run.”
He, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also said:
“Whoever has two tongues in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
He also said:
“Whoever listens to people’s conversation when they dislike his doing so will have molten lead poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection.”
He also said:
“A man may persist in begging until he comes on the Day of Resurrection without a shred of flesh on his face.”
Allah Most High said:
“Let them pardon and overlook. Would you not love for Allah to forgive you?”
Allah Most High also said:
“Whether you reveal a good deed or conceal it, or pardon a wrong, Allah is ever Pardoning, All-Powerful.”
There are many such passages in the Quran and Sunnah, showing that recompense is of the same nature as the deed.
In the authentic hadith narrated by al-Bukhārī in his Sahīh from Abū Hurayrah, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“Allah says: ‘Whoever shows enmity to an ally of Mine has openly declared war against Me. My servant draws near to Me through nothing comparable to fulfilling what I have made obligatory upon him, and My servant continues