What is the meaning of the hadith: "Whoever intends to do a good deed but does not do it, Allah records it for him as a complete good deed, and who..."?
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The questioner : In a hadith whose understanding has been difficult for us.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is the hadith of intention: "Whoever intends to do a good deed..."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I said, the implication of intention is that the good deed is recorded for him even if he does not do it. And if the non-performance is due to something, meaning, I intended to give a poor man a dinar, I was sincere and truthful in my intention, but then I had the money to pay off this debt and I was lazy, stingy, lazy, whatever it was, and I did not give it to him. So will a good deed be recorded for me?
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : The group understood that their understanding is that it is not...
The Shaykh : What is their difficulty? ...
The questioner : A third example.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : When we enter the mosque, is there a greeting? What kind of greeting? From the side, with the little prayer, on the contrary, as... with experience, and we prayed two rak'ahs, so we have the reward of the sincere intention.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Of course, you have the reward of the intentions, but you have the reward of two rak'ahs, not the condition of the reward of six rak'ahs.
The questioner : Yes, you have the reward of two rak'ahs, and the intention is a good deed, meaning.
Another questioner: By the intention.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is the hadith of intention: "Whoever intends to do a good deed..."
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I said, the implication of intention is that the good deed is recorded for him even if he does not do it. And if the non-performance is due to something, meaning, I intended to give a poor man a dinar, I was sincere and truthful in my intention, but then I had the money to pay off this debt and I was lazy, stingy, lazy, whatever it was, and I did not give it to him. So will a good deed be recorded for me?
The Shaykh : Ah
The questioner : The group understood that their understanding is that it is not...
The Shaykh : What is their difficulty? ...
The questioner : A third example.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : When we enter the mosque, is there a greeting? What kind of greeting? From the side, with the little prayer, on the contrary, as... with experience, and we prayed two rak'ahs, so we have the reward of the sincere intention.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Of course, you have the reward of the intentions, but you have the reward of two rak'ahs, not the condition of the reward of six rak'ahs.
The questioner : Yes, you have the reward of two rak'ahs, and the intention is a good deed, meaning.
Another questioner: By the intention.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.