Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), An Nawawi 40 Hadith by Saad Al Ghamdi [1/40] الأربعين النووية سعد الغامدي

An Nawawi 40 Hadith by Saad Al Ghamdi [1/40] الأربعين النووية سعد الغامدي

It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu'minin, Abu Hafs 'Umar bin al-Khattab, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, say:

"Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated."

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