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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."