#thefortyhadith

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Hadith 1: The Foundation of Intention

(الحديث الأول: النية)

The Text (الـنَّـص)

Arabic:

عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَبِي حَفْصٍ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ:

"إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَت هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا، أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ."

English:

On the authority of the Commander of the Believers, Abu Hafs Umar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) say:

"Actions are but by intentions, and every person will have only what he intended. So whoever emigrated for the sake of Allaah and His Messenger, then his emigration was for the sake of Allaah and His Messenger. And whoever emigrated for worldly gain or to marry a woman, then his emigration was for that which he emigrated for."

رواه إماما المحدثين أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن المغيرة بن بردز به البخاري، وأبو الحسين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم القشيري النيسابوري، في صحيحيهما اللذين هما أصح الكتب المصنفة .

Hadith Source & Authenticity

Primary Narrator: Umar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه), the second Khaleef of Islaam.

Cross-Authentication: This Hadith holds the highest level of authenticity. It is recorded by the two undisputed giants of Hadith science: Imam al-Bukhari (Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ismail) and Imam Muslim (Abu al-Husayn Muslim bin al-Hajjaj)

Significance: Scholars universally consider this Hadith to be one-third of Islam, as it governs every single internal and external action a believer takes.

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Whose Sake Are You Doing the Deed?

الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين، رحمه الله 

«وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى»: هذه هي نيَّة المعمول له ، والناس يتفاوتون فيها تفاوتا عظيمًا ، حيث تجد رجلين يصليان بينهما أبعد مما بين المشرق والمغرب أو مما بين السماء والأرض في الثواب ؛ لأن أحدهما مخلص والثاني غير مخلص .

وتجد شخصين يطلبان العلم في التوحيد، أو الفقه ، أو التفسير، أو الحديث، أحدهما بعيد من الجنة والثاني قريب منها ، وهما يقرآن في كتاب واحد وعلى مدرس واحد، فهذا رجل طلب دراسة الفقه من أجل أن يكون قاضيا والقاضي له راتب رفيع ومرتبة رفيعة، والثاني درس الفقه من أجل أن يكون عالمًا معلمًا لأمة محمد ﷺ ، فبينهما فرق عظيم . قال النبي ﷺ : « مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ عِلْمًا مِمَّا يُبْتَغَى بِهِ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، لَا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ إِلَّا لِيُصِيبَ بِهِ عَرَضًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، لَمْ يَجِدْ عَرْفَ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ » ، إذن أخلص النية لله عزّ وجلّ.

Sheikh Muhammad Saalih Al Uthaymeen, رحمه الله:

{And every person will have only what they intended.}:

"This refers to Whom you are doing the deed for. People are completely different in this regard. You can find two men praying side by side, but the difference in their reward is bigger than the distance between the East and the West, or the heavens and the earth. This is simply because one is sincere and the other is not.

You can also find two people studying knowledge in Taw'heed, Fiqh, Tafseer, or Hadith. One is far from Paradise and the other is close to it, even though they read from the exact same book and have the same teacher.

One man studied Fiqh just to become a judge, because a judge gets a high salary and a high position. The other studied Fiqh to become a scholar and a teacher for the Ummah (Nation) of Muhammad ﷺ. There is a huge difference between them.

​The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever learns knowledge that should be learned for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, but only learns it to get a worldly benefit, will not find the fragrance of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection.”

Therefore, make your intention purely for the sake of Allaah."

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