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(10). 3073. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Allāh, Blessed and Most High, has said – and His saying is the Truth: 'When My slave considers doing something good then write it as one good for him. If he acts upon it then write ten of the same for him. And when he considers doing something evil, then do not write it. If he acts upon it, then write it as it is. If he leaves it' – and perhaps he said: "if he does not act upon it, then write a good reward for him." Then he (the Prophet) recited: Whoever comes with a good, then he shall have ten the like thereof.[1] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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This is Allāh's grace and mercy, that the reward of one good deed is registered merely because of having the intention and aim of doing something good; and if the good deed is performed, it yields a tenfold reward at least, and further, Allāh's mercy and grace has no limit. But if a person intends to do something bad and he commits it, it will be recorded as only single sin; if he does not commit the sin, he will have one good deed, just because of not doing so.
