The Bitterness of Good Deeds
Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr said:
'Some of the Salaf were asked about the reason why it was that good deeds were burdensome to do and it was easy to carry out evil actions.
They said: 'This is because the bitterness of good deeds is present and its sweetness is absent so it is burdensome, so do not let its burden cause you to leave doing good deeds.
As for evil deeds then its sweetness is present and its burden is absent and that is why it is easy to do them. So do not let its ease cause you to commit them.' [Fath al-Bari 13/614]
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