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Sahih Muslim 1907a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: (The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it. A man will be rewarded only for what he intended. The emigration of one who…

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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لاِمْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: (The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it. A man will be rewarded only for what he intended. The emigration of one who emigrates for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam); and the emigration of one who emigrates for gaining a worldly advantage or for marrying a woman is for what he has emigrated.

উবায়দুল্লাহ ইবনু মু'আয (রহঃ) ..... শু'বাহ (রহঃ) থেকে একই সানাদে অনুরূপ বর্ণিত হয়েছে। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন. ১৭৭৭, ইসলামীক সেন্টার)

معاذ عنبری نےشعبہ سے اسی سند کے ساتھ اسی کے مانند حدیث بیان کی ۔

{….} Bize bu hadîsi Ubeydullah b. Muâz da rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize babam rivayet etti. (Dediki): Bize Şu'be bu isnâdla bu hadîsin mislini rivayet etti

Sahih Muslim 1907a, Book 33, The Book on Government, Hadith 222. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) explains that all deeds are considered according to the intention behind them. This ruling generally applies to all deeds, including acts of worship and dealings. So, he who seeks by his deed some worldly benefit will attain that benefit and will not be rewarded for it. And he who performs a deed with the intention to draw close to Allah Almighty will be rewarded, even if his deed is an ordinary one, like eating and drinking. Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) provided an example to illustrate the impact of intention while both deeds apparently look equal.

He pointed out that if a person migrates and leaves his homeland with the intention to win the pleasure of his Lord, his migration is a Shar‘i and accepted one, for which he will be rewarded, given his sincere intention; and if a person migrates to attain some worldly benefit, like wealth, high standing, business, or a wife, he will not attain anything from his migration except what benefit he intended, and no reward will be given to him.

What it teaches

  • The Hadīth urges us to be sincere, for Allah only accepts the deeds that are intended for His sake.
  • If a legally accountable person performs the deeds that are to be done to gain Allah's pleasure by way of habit, he will only be rewarded for them if he intends to draw close to Allah Almighty by doing them.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Abdullah ibn Maslamah al-QanabiTold us, Third generation, died 220 AH
  3. 3Malik ibn AnasTold us, Third generation, died 178 AH
  4. 4Yahya ibn Said al-AnsariFrom, Successor, died 143 AH
  5. 5Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at-TaymiFrom, Successor, died 119 AH
  6. 6Alqamah ibn Waqqas al-LaythiFrom, Successor, died 75 AH
  7. 7Umar ibn al-KhattabFrom, Companion, died 23 AH

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