Ibn Kathir's Sira, p. 545 — the Scale

السيرة النبوية لابن كثير ص 545 — الميزان

An excerpt from Ibn Kathir's Sira, p. 545, that speaks of the Scale; from the extracted copy, quoted within forty words per the sources policy.

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«… عليه وسلم : تَمْجبون من دقة ساقيه ؟ فو الذى نفسى بيده لهما أثقلُ فى الميزان من أُحد ! » . وكان ابن مسعود ما اجتنى من شيء جاء به وخياره فيه إلى رسول اللّٰه صلى اللّٰه عليه وسلم فقال …»

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The reckoning of good and bad deeds

People and things also explored

The good deeds (al-hasanat)· The Reckoning· The balance (al-mizan)· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)· Calling to guidance or to error: the like of the rewards and sins of those who follow· Hajj without lewdness or wrongdoing, and umra to umra· A good deed intended and not done: one full good deed· A good deed done: ten to seven hundred

Sources

  • al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya — Ibn Kathir
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The good deeds (al-hasanat)