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Biography: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (rh)

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الإخلاص في النية والعمل
Sincerity in Intention and Action
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Chapter on what has been narrated regarding intention
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Hadith Number: 8884
عن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول إنما الاعمال بالنية ولكل امرئ ما نوى فمن كانت هجرته إلى الله عز وجل فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليه ومن كانت هجرته لدنيا يصيبها او امراة ينكحها فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليه
Narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Actions are only by intentions, and every person will have only what he intended. So whoever's migration is for Allah and His Messenger, then his migration is for Allah and His Messenger. And whoever's migration is for the world, which he will attain, or for a woman whom he will marry, then his migration is for that for which he migrated. (In short), the migration of the emigrant is for that for which (with the intention of which) he migrated.


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حكم: أخرجه البخاري: 1
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Hadith Number: 8885
عن ابي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قال يبعث الناس وربما قال شريك يحشر الناس على نياتهم
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: People will be raised (on the Day of Resurrection) according to their intentions.


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حكم: صحيح لغيره ۔ أخرجه ابن ماجه: 4229
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Hadith Number: 8886
عن ابي الجويرية رضي الله عنه ان معن بن يزيد رضي الله عنه حدثه قال بايعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم انا وابي وجدي وخطب علي فانكحني وخاصمته إليه فكان ابي يزيد خرج بدنانير يتصدق بها فوضعها عند رجل في المسجد فاخذتها فاتيته بها فقال والله ما إياك اردت بها فخاصمته إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فقال لك ما نويت يا يزيد ولك يا معن ما اخذت
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma’n bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says: I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) along with my father and grandfather. He sent a proposal for my engagement and also performed my marriage. I went to him with a dispute. The detail is that my father, Sayyiduna Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him), went out to give some dinars in charity and gave them to a man in the mosque (so that he would give charity on his behalf), but what happened was that I took those dinars from him and brought them home. So he said: By Allah! I did not intend to give them to you. So I took this dispute to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Yazid! For you is what you intended, and O Ma’n! Whatever you have taken is for you.


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حكم: أخرجه البخاري: 1422
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Hadith Number: 8887
عن ابي بن كعب رضي الله عنه قال كان رجل (وفي رواية كان ابن عم لي) ما اعلم من الناس من إنسان من اهل المدينة ممن يصلي إلى القبلة ابعد بيتا من المسجد منه قال فكان يحضر الصلوات كلهن مع النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فقلت له لو اشتريت حمارا تركبه في الرمضاء والظلماء (زاد في رواية ويقيك من هوام الارض) قال والله ما احب ان بيتي يلزق بمسجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم (وفي رواية فقال ما يسرني ان بيتي مطنب ببيت محمد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قال فما سمعت كلمة اكره إلي منها) قال فاخبرت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فساله عن ذلك فقال يا نبي الله لكيما يكتب اثري ورجوعي إلى اهلي وإقبالي إليه قال انطاك الله ذلك كله وفي لفظ إن له بكل خطوة درجة وفي رواية فقال لك ما نويت او قال لك اجر ما نويت
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I had a cousin, and I think that among all the Muslims of Madinah Munawwarah, his house was the farthest, yet despite this, he would be present with the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for all the prayers. One day I said to him: If you buy a donkey, so that you can ride it in the heat and darkness and be protected from insects and pests. But he said: By Allah! I do not even wish that my house be adjacent to the Prophet's Mosque. In another narration, he said: It does not even please me that my house be joined to the house of Allah's Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). This statement of his seemed most unpleasant to me. Nevertheless, I told the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the whole matter. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him about it, he said: O Messenger of Allah! (I wish that when I come towards the mosque) and then return to my family, all the traces of my footsteps be recorded. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty has granted you all of this. In another narration: Surely, for this person, there is a rank for every step. And in another narration: For you is that which you intended, or the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The reward for which you intended is for you.


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حكم: أخرجه مسلم: 663
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Hadith Number: 8888
عن عائشة ام المؤمنين رضي الله عنها قالت بينما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم نائم إذ ضحك في منامه ثم استيقظ فقلت يا رسول الله مم ضحكت قال إن اناسا من امتي يؤمون هذا البيت لرجل من قريش قد استعاذ بالحرم فلما بلغوا البيداء خسف بهم ومصادرهم شتى يبعثهم الله على نياتهم قلت وكيف يبعثهم الله عز وجل على نياتهم ومصادرهم شتى قال جمعهم الطريق منهم المستبصر وابن السبيل والمجبور يهلكون مهلكا واحدا ويصدرون مصادر شتى
Narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sleeping when he suddenly began to smile in his sleep. When he woke up, I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Why were you smiling? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some people from my Ummah will intend to attack this House of Allah (the Ka'bah), their target will be that Qurayshi man who will have taken refuge in the Haram. When these people reach the place of Bayda, all of them will be swallowed up, but (on the Day of Resurrection) their places of emergence will be different, Allah the Exalted will resurrect them according to their intentions. I said: Allah the Exalted will raise them according to their intentions and their places of emergence will be different, how will that be? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The matter is that these people will have gathered on one path, otherwise among them will be some with insight, some travelers, and some compelled, but all will perish in one place of destruction and will emerge from different places.


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حكم: اسناده صحيح۔ أخرجه بنحوه مسلم: 2884
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Hadith Number: 8889
عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم إذا انزل الله بقوم عذابا اصاب من كان فيهم ثم بعثوا على اعمالهم
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When Allah Almighty sends punishment upon a people, then whoever is among them, all are afflicted by that punishment; then they will be resurrected according to their deeds.


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حكم: أخرجه البخاري: 7108
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Hadith Number: 8890
عن عبد الله بن عمرو رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قال ما احد من الناس يصاب ببلاء في جسده إلا امر الله عز وجل الملائكة الذين يحفظونه فقال اكتبوا لعبدي كل يوم وليلة ما كان يعمل من خير ما كان في وثاقي
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a person is afflicted with a physical hardship, Allah Almighty says to the angels who record (good deeds): As long as My servant is in the confinement of My (trial), you should continue to record his usual good deeds of day and night.


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حكم: اسناده صحيح علي شرط مسلم
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Hadith Number: 8891
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ما من رجل تكون له ساعة من الليل (وفي رواية صلاة من الليل) يقومها فينام عنها إلا كتب له اجر صلاته وكان نومه عليه صدقة تصدق بها عليه
Narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is accustomed to standing (in prayer) for a portion of the night, and then he sleeps through that standing, the reward of his prayer is still written for him, and his sleep is (considered) a charity from Allah upon him, which is bestowed upon him.


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حكم: حديث صحيح لغيره
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Hadith Number: 8892
عن ابي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم قالت الملائكة رب ذاك عبدك يريد ان يعمل سيئة وهو ابصر بها فقال ارقبوه فإن عملها فاكتبوها له بمثلها وإن تركها فاكتبوها له بحسنة إنما تركها من جراي
Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The angels say: O my Lord! Your such-and-such servant intends to commit an evil deed, while He (Allah) knows best. So He says: Wait, if he commits that evil deed, then write one evil for him, and if he refrains from it, then write one good deed for him because he refrained from it only for My sake.


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حكم: أخرجه مسلم 129
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