Initiate Good, not Evil

عن واثلة بن الأسقع رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم قال من سن سنة حسنة فله أجرها ما عمل بها في حياته وبعد مماته حتى تترك ومن سن سنة سيئة فعليه إثمها حتى تترك ومن مات مرابطا جرى عليه عمل المرابط حتى يبعث يوم القيامة رواه الطبراني في الكبير بإسناد لا بأس به (الترغيب والترهيب 1/114)

Hadhrat Waathila bin Asqa’ (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “The one who initiates a good action, then he will receive its reward as long as it is practiced upon during his life and after he passes away (he will continue to receive the rewards) until that action is no longer practiced. And whoever initiates an evil deed, then he will bear the burden of its sin until the time that it is no longer practiced, and whoever passes away while guarding the Islamic frontier (Islamic borders), he will continue to receive the reward of guarding the frontier until he is resurrected on the day of Qiyaamah.”