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[Machine] A relief that I did not solve for you, but Muhammad (PBUH) solved for you forty years ago. He said, "Whoever builds something, his life is for his successors when he dies."  

البيهقي:١١٩٨٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ حَضَرْتُ شُرَيْحًا قَضَى لِأَعْمَى بِالْعُمْرَى فَقَالَ لَهُ الْأَعْمَى يَا أَبَا أُمَيَّةَ بِمَا قَضَيْتَ لِي؟ فَقَالَ

شُرَيْحٌ لَسْتُ أَنَا قَضَيْتُ لَكَ وَلَكِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَضَى لَكَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ مَنْ أُعْمِرَ شَيْئًا حَيَاتَهُ فَهُوَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ إِذَا مَاتَ