It has been narrated on the authority of Umar bin al-Khattab that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ; and the emigration of one who emigrates for gaining a worldly advantage or for marrying a woman is for what he has emigrated.

It has been narrated through a different chain of transmitters on the authority of Sufyan who said that he heard 'Umar bin al-Khattab relate (this tradition) from the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) while he was delivering a sermon from the pulpit.