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Hadith on intention

40 narrations, the first forty shown

1Sahih al-Bukhari 1 I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for world… 4Sahih Muslim 4 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Whoever lies upon me intentionally, then let him take his seat in the Fire.’ 102Sunan Abi Dawud 102 Explaining the tradition of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that the ablution of a person who does not mention the name of Allah is valid, Rabiah said: This tradition means that if a person performs ablution an… 1533Jami at-Tirmidhi 1533 The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) heard Umar saying: “By my father, By my father!” So he said: “Verily Allah prohibits you from swearing by your father.” So Umar said: “By Allah I did not swear by him after that,… 75Sunan an-Nasa'i 75 Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Actions are only done with intentions, and every man shall have what he intended. Thus he whose emigration was for Allah and H… 2120Sunan Ibn Majah 2120 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The oath is only according to the intention of the one who requests the oath to be taken.” 114Muwatta Malik 114 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father fromYahyaibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ha ib that he had set off for Mumra with Umar ibn al-Khattab in a party of riders, among whom was Amr ibn al-As. Umar ibn… 162Musnad Ahmad 162 I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say: ‘Deeds are but by intentions and each man will have but that which he intended. If a man’s migration was for the sake of Allah, then his migration was f… 1Riyad as-Salihin 1 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The deeds are considered by the intentions, and a person will get the reward according to his intention. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Messenger, his e… 764Bulugh al-Maram 764 “Whoever does not form his intention to fast before to fajr, his fasting will not be accepted.” Related by the five Imams, but At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasai consider it to be related by Hafsah and not connected to the Prophet… 690Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 690 The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to make this supplication, “O Allah, forgive my errors, my ignorance and my excess in all my affairs, and what You know better than… 1Mishkat al-Masabih 1 “Deeds are to be judged only by intentions, and a man will have only what he intended. When one’s emigration is to God and His Messenger, his emigration is to God and His Messenger; but when his emigration is to a worldl… 33The Forty of Shah Waliullah 33 Actions are through intentions. 26Sahih al-Bukhari 26 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was asked, “What is the best deed?” He replied, “To believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad). The questioner then asked, ‘What is the next (in goodness)? He repli… 97Sahih Muslim 97 Jundab ibn Abdullah al-Bajali during the stormy days of Ibn Zubair sent a message to ‘Asas ibn Salamah: Gather some men of your family so that I should talk to them. He (‘Asas) sent a messenger to them (to the members of… 355Sunan Abi Dawud 355 I came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) with the intention of embracing Islam. He commanded me to take a bath with water (boiled with) the leaves of the lote-tree. 1590Jami at-Tirmidhi 1590 That on the day of Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “There is no Hijrah after the conquest, there is only Jihad and intention, and when you are called to go forth (for battle… 290Sunan an-Nasa'i 290 “We went out with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) with no intention other than Hajj. When he was in Sarif [1] I began menstruating. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) entered upon m… 2355Sunan Ibn Majah 2355 “My grandfather was Munqidh ibn Amr. He was a man who had suffered a head wound and lost the power of speech, but that did not stop him from engaging in trade. He was always being cheated, so he went to the Prophet (sall… 281Muwatta Malik 281 Malik related to me that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim heard his father al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, “I have prayed witr after dawn.” Malik said, “Only a person who oversleeps so that he does not do the witr prays it after da… 284Musnad Ahmad 284 I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say: “Action is but by intention and each person will have but that which he intended. So whoever migrated for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, then his mi… 2Riyad as-Salihin 2 Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “An army will raid the Kabah and when it reaches a desert land, all of them will be swallowed up by the earth.” She asked; “O Messenger of Allah! Why all of them?” H… 779Bulugh al-Maram 779 “Whoever is overcome and vomits is not to make up for the day, but whoever vomits intentionally must make up the day.” Related by the five Imams. 691Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 691 Abu Musa al-Ashari used to use this supplication, “O Allah, forgive my errors, my ignorance and my extravagance in my affairs and what You know better than I do. O Allah, forgive me what I do both in jest and seriousness… 538Mishkat al-Masabih 538 My friend enjoined me thus, “Do not associate anything with God even if you are cut to pieces and burnt; do not abandon a prescribed prayer intentionally, for if anyone abandons it intentionally protection will not apply… 31Sahih al-Bukhari 31 While I was going to help this man (Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakra met me and asked, “Where are you going?” I replied, “I am going to help that person.” He said, “Go back for I have heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallah… 105cSahih Muslim 105c We were sitting with Hudhayfah in the mosque. A man came and sat along with us. It was said to Hudhayfah that he was the man who carried tales to the ruler. Hudhayfah remarked with the intention of conveying to him: I ha… 478Sunan Abi Dawud 478 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: When a man stands with the intention of saying prayer, or if any of you says prayer, he should not spit before him, nor at his right side; but he should do so at… 1647Jami at-Tirmidhi 1647 That the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Deeds are but with intentions, and for the man is only what he intended. So one whose emigration was to Allah and His Messenger, then his emigration was to… 348Sunan an-Nasa'i 348 “We went out with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) with no intention other than Hajj. When he was in Sarif I began menstruating. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) entered upon me an… 2411Sunan Ibn Majah 2411 The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever takes people’s wealth with the intention of destroying it, Allah (SWT) will destroy him.” 384Muwatta Malik 384 Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman used to say, “Someone who goes to the mosque in the morning or the afternoon with no intention of going anywhere else, either to learn good or teach it, is like someone who does jihad in the wa… 380Musnad Ahmad 380 I heard Saeed. Ali (رضي الله عنه) said to his companions. When he sets out, set out too. And Ali and his companions entered ihram with the intention of doing ‘umrah and Uthman (رضي الله عنه) did not say anything to him a… 10Riyad as-Salihin 10 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “The reward for Salat performed by a person in congregation is more than 20 times greater than that of the Salat performed in one’s house or shop. When one perfo… 835Bulugh al-Maram 835 Aishah (RAA) narrated, ‘We left Madinah with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) to perform the Farewell Hajj. Some of us declared Ihram to perform Umrah, while others declared their intentions to perfor… 1789Mishkat al-Masabih 1789 God’s messenger told of a man who expressed his intention to give sadaqa, and who when he took it out placed it in a thief’s hand. In the morning the people were talking and saying, “Sadaqa was given to a thief last nigh… 54Sahih al-Bukhari 54 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Me… 193eSahih Muslim 193e We went to Anas ibn Malik through Thabit and reached there (his house) while he was offering the forenoon prayer. Thabit sought permission for us and we entered, and he seated Thabit with him on his bedstead. He (Thabit)… 559Sunan Abi Dawud 559 The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Prayer said by a man in congregation is twenty five degrees more excellent than prayer said by him alone in his house or in the market. This is because when any … 2171Jami at-Tirmidhi 2171 The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned the army that the earth would swallow, so Umm Salamah said: ‘Perhaps there are those among them who are averse to it.’ He said: “They will be resurrected on their inten…