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The Garden of Guidance.

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Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said:

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“Lo! Allah enjoineth justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk, and forbiddeth lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He exhorteth you in order that ye may take heed.” (16:90)

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"and forbids indecency, wickedness, and oppression.

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He admonishes you so that perhaps you will be mindful."

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And on the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

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"Whoever wishes for his life to be extended

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and his provision to be increased,

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let him be dutiful to his parents

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and let him maintain his ties of kinship."

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Related by Ahmad.

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Therefore,

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Al-Nawawi stated in his commentary on Sahih Muslim:

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"The expansion of provision

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means its enlargement and abundance;

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and it was also said:

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blessing in it.

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As for the delaying of one's lifespan,

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it raises a well-known question,

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namely that lifespans and provisions are predestined, neither increasing nor decreasing:

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'When their appointed term arrives, they cannot delay it by an hour, nor can they advance it.'

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The scholars have provided several answers,

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the most correct of which is:

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that this increase is through the blessing bestowed upon his lifespan,

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granting him success in acts of obedience,

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filling his time with what benefits him in the Hereafter,

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and preserving it from being wasted in other pursuits.

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The second interpretation:

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that this is relative to what appears to the angels,

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what is recorded in the Preserved Tablet,

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and the like;

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for it may appear to them in the Tablet

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that his lifespan is sixty years,

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unless he maintains his ties of kinship—

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so that if he upholds them,

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forty more are added to him.

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Yet Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, already knew

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exactly which of these would occur for him,

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which is among the meanings of His saying, Exalted is He:

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'Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms.'

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Thus, in relation to Allah's eternal knowledge

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and what His decree has already settled, there is no increase—

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rather, any change there is impossible;

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but in relation to what is made manifest to created beings,

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such an increase is conceivable,

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and that is what the hadith intends.

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The third interpretation:

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that what is meant is the enduring legacy of his good reputation after his passing,

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as though he had never died;

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this was reported by the Qadi,

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but it is weak or entirely baseless.

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And Allah knows best."