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Actions are by intentions

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى

Innama-l-a'malu bi-n-niyyat, wa innama li-kulli-mri'in ma nawa.

"Actions are judged by intentions, and every person will have what they intended."

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattab. Sahih al-Bukhari 1, Sahih Muslim 1907 · Nawawi's Forty · #1

A short reflection

The first hadith in Bukhari. Before the deed, check the heart, good deeds with bad intentions don't climb very high.