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Actions are by intentions

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى
Transliteration

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

Translation

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
Reflection

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

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