Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 104
The Struggle (in the Cause of Allah)
Arabic hadith text
العاشر عن أنس رضي الله عنه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " يتبع الميت ثلاثة: أهله وماله وعمله؛ فيرجع اثنان ويبقى واحد: يرجع أهله وماله، ويبقى عمله" ((متفق عليه)).
Translation
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Three follow a dead body: members of his family, his possessions and his deeds. Two of them return and one remains with him. His family and his possessions return; his deeds remain with him".[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].