Is it necessary to hold the intention of reward for a deed in order to receive it?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Is it necessary to hold the intention of reward for a deed in order to receive it, such as holding in mind that Surah al-Ikhlas is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an?
Answer:
Yes, you should read the Qur'an seeking the reward. If you read Surah al-Ikhlas while calculating the reward that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned, that it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an, and you read it with this intention, then you will have what you intended. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1 Yes.
Is it necessary to hold the intention of reward for a deed in order to receive it, such as holding in mind that Surah al-Ikhlas is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an?
Answer:
Yes, you should read the Qur'an seeking the reward. If you read Surah al-Ikhlas while calculating the reward that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned, that it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an, and you read it with this intention, then you will have what you intended. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل لا بد من استحضار نية ثواب العمل لنفوز به؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.