Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who narrated from his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your Lord is very merciful. So whoever intends to do a good deed but does not act upon it, still a complete good deed is written for him. And if he acts upon his intention, then for him are written ten to seven hundred times as many good deeds, or even more. And whoever intends to do an evil deed but does not act upon it, still one good deed is written for him. And if he acts upon his intention, then only one evil deed is written for him. Allah, the Exalted, will erase even that, and no one will be destroyed with Allah except the one who brings about his own destruction (i.e., only the one whose fate is destruction and ruin will be destroyed)."