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So I want you to think of yourself as a parent to your deeds

You produce them you raise them and you have all sorts of hopes for them

The only thing is you don't see them yet

Now just like a parent hopes that if they live long enough their worldly children will comfort them and benefit them when they get older

We all hope that our hereafter children will comfort us and benefit us once we make that transition

The question is how many deeds have you produced? How many deeds have you raised and what's it going to be like to meet them for the very first time?

Hatim Ibn Al-Asam Rahimullah said

He said that I looked at mankind and I noticed that everyone has something or someone that they love

But then once they die that beloved person or thing leaves them

So I decided to learn to love my good deeds

So that when I enter into my grave they get to come with me

The Prophet ﷺ said the deceased is followed to his or her grave by three things

His family, his wealth and his deeds

So his family and his wealth turn back from the grave and they go home

And his only companion that remains with him and his new home from now on is his collection of deeds

And we know that Allah Subhanahu Ta'ala says about the Day of Judgment what

The day that wealth and children are no longer of any benefit from this point onwards

Deeds are going to be your comfort and they're going to be your currency

And the Prophet ﷺ wants asked the companions do you know what Allah meant when he said

That those who turn away from my remembrance will have a constricted life

One akhshuruhu yaman qiyamati a'ma and will be raised up on the Day of Judgment blind

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