Hadith for · legacy

Three deeds that outlive you

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

إِذَا مَاتَ ابْنُ آدَمَ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ، أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ، أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ
Transliteration

Idha mata-bnu Adama-nqata'a anhu amaluhu illa min thalath: sadaqatin jariyah, aw ilmin yuntafa'u bih, aw waladin salihin yad'u lah.

Translation

When the son of Adam dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: an ongoing charity, knowledge people benefit from, and a righteous child who supplicates for him.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih Muslim 1631
Share this hadith
Three deeds that outlive you: When the son of Adam dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: an ongoing charity, knowledge people benefit from,…
Tap to save to your photos or share anywhere else

One saying of the Prophet ﷺ a day.

Pair this with the daily verse, the 99 Names, and a few beads of dhikr. Small things, repeated, leave the deepest mark.

Recent hadith

205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.