Was the prosperity of Abu Hanifa and Abdul Rahman ibn Awf a form of hastening good deeds?
Not everyone who enjoys blessings in this world is included among those whose good deeds have been hastened for them. Rather, the ranks of some of them will be diminished in the Hereafter in proportion to their indulgence in this world. Al-Bukhari narrated that Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf feared that his good deeds had been hastened for him due to the worldly blessings he was granted, and he wept until he abstained from food. Al-Qari clarified that this fear stemmed from the verse: {Whoever desires the immediate - We hasten for him therein what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will burn therein, condemned and banished} [Al-Isra: 18], or His saying: {You exhausted your good things in your worldly life and enjoyed them} [Al-Ahqaf: 20]. However, this was due to the intensity of their fear. The intent of these two verses is not the enjoyment of God's blessings, but rather preoccupation with worldly matters over religion and its obligations. As for enjoying God's blessings with gratitude and performing acts of worship, that is not included in this.
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