Reading the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he transmitted: "

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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted: “And from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in what he narrates from his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, who said:

Verily Allah recorded the good and the evil and then made it clear that he who intended good but did not do it, Allah recorded one complete good in his favour, but if he intended it and also did it, the Glorious and Great Allah recorded ten to seven hundred virtues and even more to his credit. But it he intended evil, but did not commit it, Allah wrote down full one good in his favour. If he intended that and also committed it, Allah made an entry of one evil against him.

إن الله كتب الحسنات والسيئات ثم بين ذلك ، فمن همَّ بحسنة فلم يعملها كتبها الله تبارك وتعالى عنده حسنة كاملة ، وإن همَّ بها فعملها كتبها الله عشر حسنات إلى سبعمئة ضعف إلى أضعاف كثيرة ، وإن هم بسيئة فلم يعملها كتبها الله تعالى عنده حسنة كاملة ، وإن همَّ بها فعملها كتبها الله سيئة واحدة

Sahih Muslim 131a

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim”.

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