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Bukhari Hadith 1 – Innamal a’malu binniyat Hadith in English
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ “ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ
Translation
Umar Bin Al-Khattab (ALLAH be pleased with him) narrates that
“The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended for. So whoever emigrates for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration will be for what he emigrated for.” # [Sahih Al – Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 1 – The Book Of Revelation, Chapter 1, Hadith 1]
Explanation:
This hadith implies the significance of intentions. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said it on the occasion of emigration of a person from Makkah to Madina, not for the Islamic cause but to marry a woman. The man has proposed a woman in Makkah. The woman emigrated to Madina and therefore the person also emigrated in a desire to marry her.
Meaning
Anyhow this hadith explains a general principle that one is rewarded for his deeds according to his real intentions not according to the actual deed which might seem that it is done for the sake of Islam in appearance, but has different intention behind.
So, if one does a deed (good) for the pleasure of ALLAH and his Prophet ﷺ , he will get a very high reward, if he (a muslim) does it for the sake of heaven he still gets the reward, and if you do a deed for worldly reason you get whatever you intended for, i.e., a permissible act is permissible and impermissible act is impermissible.
