5- On this earth pious people will be blessed with halal livelihoods.

6- The deeds of pious people will get reformed.

7- All sins of a pious person are forgiven due to the blessing of her piety.

8- Pious people become friends of Allah the Benevolent.

9- Piety elevates the deeds of pious people to the status of acceptance.

10-Pious people deserve reverence and honour in the Merciful Court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

11- Pious people are given glad tidings of seeing Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ when they die along with salvation in the afterlife.

12- Pious people shall remain protected from the fire of hell along with having the privilege of residing in paradise for ever.

(Minhaj-ul-Aabideen, pp. 166-168 paraphrased)

صَلُّوۡ اعَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                   صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Du’as of pious people are accepted

Dear Islamic sisters!  When the beacon of piety and devoutness glows inside the heart of any human being, even if she is an ordinary person, she gains felicity and eternal bliss; the words leaving her mouth are so impactful that they take no time in transforming into reality. In fact, sometimes even if a tremendously devout person implores Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ to transform - wood (stick) into - gold (stick) then the All-Merciful does not reject her plea, rather He عَزَّوَجَلَّ transforms the wood stick into a gold, to show other people that this is not an ordinary person, rather an extraordinary one. Here is a faith-inspiring story to illustrate this:

Sticks were transformed into gold

Sayyiduna Dawood bin Rasheed (رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه) narrates: Once upon a time in Syria there lived two handsome pious youngsters. As a result of their piety and devoutness they were famously referred to as ‘Sabeeh and Maleeh’. They themselves narrated one particular personal event: One day we were terribly hungry, I suggested to my companion: ‘Let's go to such and such a desert and preach to the residents there in order to gain salvation in the afterlife.’ Therefore we advanced towards the desert. Upon our arrival we came across a dark-skinned man carrying a bundle of sticks on his head. We asked: ‘Tell us; who is your Creator?’ Hearing this question the man threw the bundle of sticks on the ground, sat on it [the bundle] then responded: ‘Don't ask me who my Creator is; rather you should ask me in which corner of my heart does faith reside (which corner of my heart contains faith).’ My