أَلَا وَ إِنَّ النِّيَّةَ هِيَ الْعَمَلُ Indeed...
أَلَا وَ إِنَّ النِّيَّةَ هِيَ الْعَمَلُ Indeed, and the intention, it is the deed!’ ثُمَّ تَلَا قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلى شاكِلَتِهِ يَعْنِي عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ. Then he -asws recited Words of Mighty and Majestic: Say: Everyone acts according to his own disposition [17:84] – meaning, upon his intention’’.
[7] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَنِيفاً مُسْلِماً قَالَ خَالِصاً مُخْلِصاً لَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ . Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [3:67] (an) upright (man), a Muslim .
He -asws said: ‘Purely sincere, there not being in him anything from the worshipping of the idols’. [8] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ اللَّهُ وَ الشَّيْطَانُ وَ الْحَقُّ وَ الْبَاطِلُ وَ الْهُدَى وَ الضَّلَالَةُ وَ الرُّشْدُ وَ الْغَيُّ وَ الْعَاجِلَةُ وَ الْآجِلَةُ وَ الْعَاقِبَةُ وَ الْحَسَنَاتُ وَ السَّيِّئَاتُ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتٍ فَلِلَّهِ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتٍ فَلِلشَّيْطَانِ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ .
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, (It has been narrated) raising it to Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O you people! But rather, it is Allah -azwj and the Satan -la , and the truth and the falsehood, and the guidance and the straying, and the right way from the error, and the present and the future and the end-result, and the good deeds and the evil deeds.
So whatever was from the good deeds, so it is for Allah -azwj , and whatever was from the evil deeds, so it is for the Satans -la may Allah -azwj Curse him -la ’.
[9] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) كَانَ يَقُولُ طُوبَى لِمَنْ أَخْلَصَ لِلَّهِ الْعِبَادَةَ وَ الدُّعَاءَ وَ لَمْ يَشْغَلْ قَلْبَهُ بِمَا تَرَى عَيْنَاهُ وَ لَمْ يَنْسَ ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ بِمَا تَسْمَعُ أُذُنَاهُ وَ لَمْ يَحْزُنْ صَدْرَهُ بِمَا أُعْطِيَ غَيْرُهُ .
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