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On Intention

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ
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Hadith 1 — Niyyah (Intention)
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Arabic
عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَبِي حَفْصٍ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ».
English Translation
EN · English
On the authority of the Commander of the Faithful, Abu Hafs ʻUmar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Actions are but by intentions, and every person shall have only what he intended. So whoever’s migration was for Allah and His Messenger, his migration was for Allah and His Messenger; and whoever’s migration was for some worldly gain that he would attain or a woman he would marry, his migration was for that for which he migrated.”
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Waxaa laga weriyay Amiirka Muʼminiinta, Abu Xafs ʻUmar ibn al-Khattaab (Allaha raalli ka noqdo), inuu yidhi: Waxaan maqlay Rasuulka ﷺ oo leh: “Camalladu waxay ku xidhan yihiin niyadaha, qof walbana wuxuu mudan doonaa wixii uu niyaystay. Qofkii hijradiisu (socdaalkiisu) u ahaa Allah iyo Rasuulkiisa, hijradiisu waxay u tahay Allah iyo Rasuulkiisa; qofkii hijradiisu u ahayd dunyo uu helayo ama haween uu guursanayo, hijradiisu waxay u tahay wixii uu u hijroonayay.”
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1907
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