Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following:
Many Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) have quoted Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) as saying that the person who guides others to good is like the one who does the good deed himself.
This shows how Kind, Generous and Wonderful Allah Ta‘ala is, the Giver of all rewards! He generously rewards even those who make very little effort. It is our loss that we do not take advantage of His great generosity.
A person may not be able to perform a lot of nafl salaah himself, but if he encourages others to do so, he will receive as much reward as those who perform nafl salaah because of him.
A man may be poor, or for some other reason, he may not be able to spend abundantly in charity, but he encourages others to give charity and thus receives reward as much as those who spend for the sake of Allah Ta‘ala.
Similarly, someone may not be able to fast, perform Hajj, go for Jihaad, or engage in some other action of worship, but if he invites and encourages others to do these good deeds, he will receive the same reward that will be given to those who actually do those deeds because of his encouragement.
An important point, which we should ponder over deeply and understand, is that if a man does all these good deeds himself, he will receive the reward of a single person carrying them out such deeds, but if he encourages one hundred people and they do these good actions, then he will receive the reward of all one hundred people.
If he encourages one thousand people, two thousand people or even more than that, then according to the number of people he has encouraged, he will continue to receive the reward of all those people.
The wonderful part is that if he passes away, then even after his death, he will continue to receive the rewards for the good actions of all those who keep doing these good deeds.
Is there any limit to the Kindness and Favours of Allah Ta‘ala! How fortunate are those people who, in their lifetime, encourage millions of people to engage in efforts of deen! After their death, they will continue to receive reward for the good actions of all those people.
(Fazaa’il-e-Sadaqaat [Urdu] pg. 157-158)
