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Intention of a believer is better than his deed | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Intention of a believer is better than his deed Details Sidebar Intention of a believer is better than his deed وَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ زَيْدٌ الشَّحَّامُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ فَكَيْفَ تَكُونُ النِّيَّةُ خَيْراً مِنَ الْعَمَلِ And by his chain, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , Zayd Al-Shaham had said to him -asws , ‘I heard you -asws saying: ‘Intention of the Momin is better than his deed’, so how can the intention be better than the deed?’ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْعَمَلَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ رِئَاءَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ وَ النِّيَّةَ خَالِصَةٌ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَيُعْطِي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى النِّيَّةِ مَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعَمَلِ He -asws said: ‘Because the deed rather (sometimes) was to show off to the people while the intention is purely for Lord -azwj of the worlds.

So the Mighty and Majestic Gives upon the intention what He -azwj does not Give upon the deed’’. قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَنْوِي مِنْ نَهَارِهِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَتَغْلِبُهُ عَيْنُهُ فَيَنَامُ فَيُثْبِتُ اللَّهُ لَهُ صَلَاتَهُ وَ يَكْتُبُ نَفَسَهُ تَسْبِيحاً وَ يَجْعَلُ نَوْمَهُ صَدَقَةً. Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The servant intend from his day that he will pray Salat at night, but his eyes overcome him, so he sleeps.

[1] ضا، فقه الرضا عليه السلام أَرْوِي عَنِ الْعَالِمِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ لِأَنَّهُ يَنْوِي خَيْراً مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَ نِيَّةُ الْفَاجِرِ شَرٌّ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَ كُلُّ عَامِلٍ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ (The book) ‘Fiqh Al-Reza -asws ’, may the greeting be upon him -asws – It is reported from the scholar -asws having said: ‘Intention of the Momin is better than his deed, because he intends good from his deed, while intention of the immoral is eviler from his deed, and ever worker works based upon his intention’.

وَ نَرْوِي نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ لِأَنَّهُ يَنْوِي مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا لَا يُطِيقُهُ وَ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ And we are reporting, ‘Intention of the Momin is better than his deed because he intends from the good what he cannot endure nor is he able upon it’.