Reward After Account

Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib, Karam’Allahu Wajhul Karim, said,

الحساب قَبلَ العقابِ ، الثَّواب بعدالحسابِ

‘Accountability for one’s actions will come before the punishment, and the reward will come after the account.’

(Related in the Ghurur al-Hikam by Qadii Nasih al-Deen Abu al-Fath ‘Abd al-Wahid Ibn Muhammad Al-Tamimi al-Amudi)