Are Your Good Deeds Actually Counting

Words Of Wisdom From The Companions رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ

Every good deed should be done solely for the sake of Allah Almighty. If performed to please others or gain worldly benefit, it becomes Riya (showing off) and is rejected by Allah Almighty. The reward is then left to the one for whom it was done, resulting in neither worldly benefit nor reward in the Hereafter.

Therefore, Hazrat Abul-Aaliyah Alaihir Rahmah said:

اجْتَمَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالُوا : يَا أَبَا العَالِيَة، لَا تَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا تُرِيدُ بِهِ غَيْرَ الله، فَيَجْعَلَ الله ثَوَابَكَ عَلَى مَنْ أَرَدْتَ وَيَا أَبَا العَالِيَة، لَا تَتَّكِلْ عَلَى غَيْرِ الله، فَيَكِلْكَ اللَّهُ إِلَىٰ مَنْ تَوَكَّلْتَ عَلَيْهِ

Translation: Some of the noble Companions of the Messenger of Allah once visited me and offered this sincere advice:

O Abul-Aaliyah! Never perform any deed to seek the approval of anyone other than Allah Almighty. If you do, Allah Almighty will leave you to seek your reward from the one for whom you did that deed. And never place your trust in anyone besides Allah Almighty. If you do. Allah Almighty will leave you dependent on the one you relied upon." (Al-Ikhlaas Wan-Niyyah)