Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (10/422)

Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked:

“What are the deeds of the people of Paradise, and what are the deeds of the people of Hell?”

He replied:

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all worlds.

“The deeds of the people of Paradise” are faith and piety, while the deeds of the people of Hell are disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience.

The deeds of the people of Paradise include believing in Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, and the Last Day; believing in the divine decree, both its good and its evil; bearing the two testimonies—that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; establishing prayer; paying zakat; fasting Ramadan; and performing pilgrimage to the Sacred House. They also include worshipping Allah as though you see Him, for although you do not see Him, He sees you.

Among “the deeds of the people of Paradise” are speaking truthfully, fulfilling trusts, keeping covenants, being dutiful to parents, maintaining ties of kinship, and showing kindness to neighbours, orphans, the needy, and those in one’s possession, whether human slaves or animals.

سُئِلَ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: مَا عَمَلُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ وَمَا عَمَلُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ؟ . فَأَجَابَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، " عَمَلُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ " الْإِيمَانُ وَالتَّقْوَى وَعَمَلُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ الْكُفْرُ وَالْفُسُوقُ وَالْعِصْيَانُ فَأَعْمَالُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ الْإِيمَانُ بِاَللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْإِيمَانُ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ وَالشَّهَادَتَانِ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ وَحَجُّ الْبَيْتِ. وَأَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّك تَرَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاك. وَمِنْ " أَعْمَالِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ " : صِدْقُ الْحَدِيثِ وَأَدَاءُ الْأَمَانَةِ وَالْوَفَاءُ بِالْعَهْدِ وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَصِلَةُ الْأَرْحَامِ وَالْإِحْسَانُ إلَى الْجَارِ وَالْيَتِيمِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ وَالْمَمْلُوكِ مِنْ الْآدَمِيِّينَ وَالْبَهَائِمِ.