Allah gives religious commitment to those whom He loves

Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas’ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said:

“Allah has distributed your behavior to you just as He has distributed your provision. Allah gives the things of this world to those whom He loves and those whom He does not love, but He only gives religious commitment to those whom He loves. Whoever is given religious commitment by Allah is loved by Him. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, no servant truly submits until his heart and his tongue submit, and he does not truly believe until his neighbor is safe from his harm.”

They said, `What is his harm, O Messenger of Allah' He (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said,

“His wrongdoing and misbehavior.  No person who earns unlawful wealth and spends it will be blessed in that; if he gives it in charity, it will not be accepted from him and if he leaves it behind (when he dies), it will be his provision in the Fire. Allah does not wash away an evil deed with another, but he washes away evil deeds with good deeds, for impurity cannot wash away with another impurity.”