Chapter: One who intends a good deed or an evil deed. Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, Ja'd Abu 'Uthman narrated to us, Abu Rajā' al-'Attarī narrated to us from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)
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The reciter: Chapter: One who intends a good deed or an evil deed. Abu Ma'mar narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, Ja'd Abu 'Uthman narrated to us, Abu Rajā' al-'Attarī narrated to us from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in what he relates from his Lord (Mighty and Majestic), saying: He said: Sahih al-Bukhari 6491
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah," yes, first he said "one who intends a good deed or an evil deed." *Al-hamm* (intention) is used for the beginnings of thought, and it is used for the end of thought, meaning its conclusion, and this is what is intended here, because the first does not involve an action from the servant, nor a resolve for anything. But one who intends in the latter part of intention, which is the resolve, this is what the hadith applies to. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, in what he relates from his Lord: "He wrote it" may mean "He explained it," He explained it, and it may mean He wrote its reward. This second possibility is supported by the end of the hadith, where it says "and then He explained that, so whoever intends a good deed." So his saying: Sahih al-Bukhari 6491 This is because the mere intention of a good deed, which is the resolve, is considered a good deed, because if you did not intend it, you would have intended an evil deed or something of no benefit. "And if he intends it and does it, Allah writes for him with Him ten good deeds to seven hundred times, to many times." So the good deed has two levels: the first level is that he intends it, and the second is that he intends it and does it. This hadith has a third level not mentioned here, which is if he intends it and resolves to do it but is unable to, or if he does it but does not complete it, then he is written the full reward, the reward of the intention and the reward of the action if he had started it, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nisa 4:100] And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed about the poor man who has no money, where he said to a righteous man who spends money in what pleases Allah: "If I had so-and-so's money, I would do so-and-so's deed." He said: "Then he is by his intention, and they are equal in reward." The third is that he intends and does it, so he has the full reward, he has the full reward. So the mere intention gives the person a complete good deed. If he intended but was unable, especially after he started the work, he is given the full reward if he started the work and was unable to complete it. If he did not start but wished for it and inability prevented him, he is given the full reward of the intention. If he intended and did it, he is given the full reward. So these are three levels. He said: Sahih al-Bukhari 6491 Look at the good deed, he said "complete," and the evil deed, he said "one," one so that no one imagines an increase. Now, as for the evil deed, if he intends it and does not do it, it does not escape from these conditions.
The first condition: that he is unable to do it, that he is unable to do it, then his weight is written for him, and if he started it and then was unable, it becomes more severe and more severe.
The second condition: that he leaves it for the sake of Allah, this is the one for which he is rewarded, for it,
The third condition: that he leaves it because he has no desire for it, so he does not sin and is not rewarded, so these are three levels he counted.
The reciter: The first condition: that he intends it and is unable to do it, its weight is written for him. The second condition: that he intends, meaning he intends and then leaves it, this becomes more severe.
The Shaykh : No, how?
The reciter: Meaning he intends to do it.
The Shaykh : If he started doing it, it becomes more severe.
The reciter: If he started doing it, it becomes more severe.
The Shaykh : This is a follow-up to the first condition.
The reciter: Now, the second condition is that he leaves it for the sake of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), so he is rewarded for it. The third condition: that he leaves it because he has no desire for it.
The Shaykh : Yes, after he intended.
The reciter: After he intended it, so he is not rewarded and does not sin.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly, and this division is taken from other evidence, not mentioned, because his saying "whoever intends an evil deed and does not do it, Allah writes it for him with Him as a complete good deed" in some wordings of the hadith other than in Sahih, because he only left it because of me, meaning for my sake, and if he intends it and does it, Allah writes it for him as one evil deed.
Allah ordered (the appointed angels over you) that the good and the bad deeds be written, and He then showed (the way) how (to write). If somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his account with Him); and if he intends to do a good deed and actually did it, then Allah will write for him (in his account) with Him (its reward equal) from ten to seven hundred times to many more times: and if somebody intended to do a bad deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good deed (in his account) with Him, and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah will write one bad deed (in his account) .
إن الله كتب الحسنات والسيئات ثم بين ذلك فمن هم بحسنة فلم يعملها كتبها الله له عنده حسنةً كاملةً فإن هو هم بها فعملها كتبها الله له عنده عشر حسنات إلى سبع مائة ضعف إلى أضعاف كثيرة ومن هم بسيئة فلم يعملها كتبها الله له عنده حسنةً كاملةً فإن هو هم بها فعملها كتبها الله له سيئةً واحدةًThe Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Indeed, Allah," yes, first he said "one who intends a good deed or an evil deed." *Al-hamm* (intention) is used for the beginnings of thought, and it is used for the end of thought, meaning its conclusion, and this is what is intended here, because the first does not involve an action from the servant, nor a resolve for anything. But one who intends in the latter part of intention, which is the resolve, this is what the hadith applies to. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, in what he relates from his Lord:
Indeed, Allah has written the good deeds and the evil deeds, and then He explained that.
إن الله كتب الحسنات والسيئات ثم بين ذلكIf somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his account with Him)
فمن هم بحسنة فلم يعملها كتبها الله له عنده حسنةً كاملةًAnd whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him - his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah
ومن يخرج من بيته مهاجراً إلى الله ورسوله ثم يدركه الموت فقد وقع أجره على اللهand if somebody intended to do a bad deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good deed (in his account) with Him, and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah will write one bad deed (in his account)
ومن هم بسيئة فلم يعملها ، كتبها الله عنده حسنة كاملة ، فإن هو هم بها فعملها كتبها الله له سيئةً واحدةًThe first condition: that he is unable to do it, that he is unable to do it, then his weight is written for him, and if he started it and then was unable, it becomes more severe and more severe.
The second condition: that he leaves it for the sake of Allah, this is the one for which he is rewarded, for it,
The third condition: that he leaves it because he has no desire for it, so he does not sin and is not rewarded, so these are three levels he counted.
The reciter: The first condition: that he intends it and is unable to do it, its weight is written for him. The second condition: that he intends, meaning he intends and then leaves it, this becomes more severe.
The Shaykh : No, how?
The reciter: Meaning he intends to do it.
The Shaykh : If he started doing it, it becomes more severe.
The reciter: If he started doing it, it becomes more severe.
The Shaykh : This is a follow-up to the first condition.
The reciter: Now, the second condition is that he leaves it for the sake of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), so he is rewarded for it. The third condition: that he leaves it because he has no desire for it.
The Shaykh : Yes, after he intended.
The reciter: After he intended it, so he is not rewarded and does not sin.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly, and this division is taken from other evidence, not mentioned, because his saying "whoever intends an evil deed and does not do it, Allah writes it for him with Him as a complete good deed" in some wordings of the hadith other than in Sahih, because he only left it because of me, meaning for my sake, and if he intends it and does it, Allah writes it for him as one evil deed.