Hazrat 
Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: We were accompanying 
a funeral procession in Baqi` Al-Gharqad (graveyard in Al-Madinah) when the Messenger of 
Allah 
 
[SAWW](PBUH) proceeded towards us and sat down. We sat around him. He had a 
small stick in his hand. He was bending down his head and scraping the ground 
with the stick. He said, "There is none among you but has a place assigned for 
him either in the Jannah or in the Hell.'' The Companions said: "O Messenger of 
Allah, should we not depend upon what has been written for us (and give up doing 
good deeds)?'' The Messenger of Allah 
 
[SAWW](PBUH) said, "Carry on doing good deeds. Every one will find it easy to do 
such deeds (as will lead him to his destined place) for which he has been 
created.''   [Al-Bukhari 02, Chapter 23, Hadith # 
444]. 
Lesson : as 
mentioned above in Surah An- Nahl Ayat 79."Verily, in this are 
clear proofs and signs" The subject of 
this chapter is exactly related to the Hadith accounting for reasons of giving a 
sermon speech beside the grave. As the dimension of the world's impermanent 
nature and a heart-moving scene directly confront a man's eyes on this occasion, 
any moral exhortation is most likely to touch the heart. Secondly, the good or 
bad deeds of man during his fixed life span in this world prefigure in Allah's 
Knowledge, and He has ordained the good or bad end of everybody. But this does 
not mean that man is simply helpless in doing what Allah has predetermined. 
Indeed, Allah already knows that such and such a person will adopt the righteous 
conduct and meet a good end; and such and such a person will take to the 
mischievous way and consequently meet a bad end. Unless man has access to 
Allah's Knowledge and the Preserved Tablet (which is impossible), he is not 
supposed to give up the right conduct by banking upon His Knowledge. When he is 
totally ignorant of the Sacred Writ on his ultimate end, he has no other choice 
but to continue endeavouring in good pursuits. Allah has given him the freedom 
of choice and will subject him to accountability on this count alone. Moreover, 
it is the Divine principle that He helps everybody do only that type of work - 
facilitating it to him as well - which is germane to his bent of mind. Then, 
there is no reason that man should lag behind in embarking upon the virtuous 
path and not try to seek the Grace of Allah. 
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