Darussalam · Volume 1
1. The Book OfPurificationSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 75 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 58
Source no. 75 · Volume 1 · Page 219
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٤٢٢٧) // انظر صحيح الجامع الصغير، مقدمة زهير الشاويش الصفحة (٩) ، رياض الصالحين (١) //
Source no. 73 · Volume 1 · Page 17
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٤٢٢٧: ق [انظر صحيح الجامع الصغير، مقدمة زهير الشاويش الصفحة ٩، ورياض الصالحين ١].
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75. It was narrated that 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭâb (may Allâh be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allâh said: 'Actions are only done with intentions, and every man shall have what he intended. Thus he whose emigration was for Allâh and His Messenger, his emigration was for Allâh and His Messenger, and he whose emigration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his emigration was for that which he intended.” (Saḥīḥ)
75 - أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ، وَالْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِامْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ»
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This Ḥadīth is one of the most integrally fundamental Aḥādīth of the religion of Islam; on it rests the foundation of the Straight Path. "Deeds" in this Ḥadīth refers to good deeds. Therefore, sincerity of intention is a prerequisite for having one's good deeds accepted. Furthermore, if a good deed is performed with a bad intention, it might - in terms of how one will be evaluated and rewarded in the Hereafter - turn into a bad deed.