*“Al-Baqiyaat as-Salihaat” — “Meaning: The Lasting, Enduring Good Deeds”* {الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا} Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world. BUT “al-Baqiyaat as-Salihaat” (good righteous, lasting and enduring deeds, that last: i.e., the compulsory/fard prayers, all deeds of Allah's obedience, good, nice and beneficial talk, remembrance/dhikr of Allah with glorification, praises and thanks, etc.), are better with your Lord for rewards and better in respect of hope. — Surah al-Kahf, 18:46 Commenting on this verse, ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyAllahu anhu) and (so did) Mujahid, Qatadah, al-Hasan al-Basri, Sa’eed Ibn al-Musayyib, Muhammad Ibn Ka’b al-Qurazi and others say (rahimahumullah): The “al-Baqiyaat as-Salihaat” (referred to in the verse are these words of Dhikr): “SubhaanAllaah” “Alhamdulillaah” “wa Laa ilaaha ilAllaah” “wa Allaahu Akbar” [Tafseer at-Tabari (rahimahullah), 18/32] In one of his many writings, Imam as-Sa'di (rahimahullah) wrote: الفقير الحقيقي هو الافلاس من الباقيات الصالحات The truly impoverished one is bankrupt of any lasting good deeds (al-Baaqiyaat as-Saalihaat). [Majmoo' Mu'allafat al-Sa'di (rahimahullah), 6/178]