Hadith 222

Sahih Muslim

Book 33: The Book on Government

Chapter 45

The words of the prophets saws: "Deeds are but with intentions" which includes fighting and other deeds

باب قَوْلِهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ.‏"‏ وَأَنَّهُ يَدْخُلُ فِيهِ الْغَزْوُ وَغَيْرُهُ مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ

Sahih Muslim 1907a
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ، بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لاِمْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ ‏"
It has been narrated on the authority of Umar b. al-Khattab that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

(The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it. A man will be rewarded only for what he intended. The emigration of one who emigrates for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) ; and the emigration of one who emigrates for gaining a worldly advantage or for marrying a woman is for what he has emigrated.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Umar ibn al-Khattab

عمر بن الخطاب بن نفيل

355 narrations

follower
2

'Alqama bin Waqqas

علقمة بن وقاص

22 narrations

follower
3

Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin al-Harith

محمد بن إبراهيم بن الحارث

153 narrations

follower
4

Yahya bin Sa'id al-Ansari

يحيى بن سعيد الأنصاري

403 narrations

successor
5

Imam Maalik

مالك بن أنس بن مالك بن أبي عامر

1,491 narrations