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5- Everything in life is neutral:

 The precise point is the following: Because you have the free will, everything in your life is neutral, but what does that mean? It means that your lusts are neutral. For instance, money is neutral since it can be earned and spent in lawful ways, and thus one will be exalted to the highest ranks (in the Sight of Allah), or can be earned and spent unlawfully and thus one will hit rock bottom, given money is the same factor in both cases. If someone builds a Masjid, an orphanage, a religious institute or a charitable organization, but after a period of time he dies, this goodness will continue till the Day of Resurrection, and he will be rewarded for it as a Sadaqah Jariyah (ceaseless charity). On the other hand, if someone builds a night club, it is also considered as an ongoing deed but from a different kind, for after one hundred years following his death, every sin that is committed in this night club will be in his record.

 I was invited once to the inauguration of a new Masjid in Ya'foor (in Damascus Countryside). Glory be to Allah! The one who built it welcomed us one by one, and he invited scholars of Damascus, who delivered speeches in that occasion, and then he invited us to very luxurious food. I will never forget his radiant face… O Lord, this man built a Masjid! It seemed that he spent on building it alone without any help from anyone including building, cladding and furnishing it, glory be to Allah! After the ceremony was over, I went out of the Masjid and due to profound wisdom, I noticed that on the other side of the street, where the Masjid is, there was a night club. I was told that all sorts of sins were committed in that night club, and that his owner built it and died 7 days later. Upon hearing that I said, "O Lord! A man is exalted to the highest ranks (in the Sight of Allah), whereas the other is hit rock bottom, given both men spent money, which is so much endearing to man, but one of them spent it on something against Fitrah, while the other spent it on building a Masjid, which will be his means to exalt to best levels. This is the truth about lusts.

Allah's bestowal is not a reward and His withdrawal is not a punishment:

 This is why the Almighty Allah says:

﴾As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me."﴿

[Al-Fajr, 15]

 The Almighty Allah does not accept these words of man: