What is the validity of the saying: "The intention of the believer is more eloquent than his deed"?
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Question:
The saying that the intention of the believer is more eloquent than his deed?
Answer:
It is a statement from some of the Salaf, derived from certain hadiths, inferred from the hadith that deeds are by intentions, and that the servant gets what he intended, and that if he intended a good deed but an excuse prevented him from doing it, he receives the reward of those who performed it, as in the authentic hadith:, and in the hadith: meaning with a good intention.
The saying that the intention of the believer is more eloquent than his deed?
Answer:
It is a statement from some of the Salaf, derived from certain hadiths, inferred from the hadith that deeds are by intentions, and that the servant gets what he intended, and that if he intended a good deed but an excuse prevented him from doing it, he receives the reward of those who performed it, as in the authentic hadith:
If a servant falls ill or travels, Allah writes for him what he used to do while he was healthy and resident.
إذا مرض العبد أو سافر كتب الله له ما كان يعمل وهو صحيح مقيمIndeed, in Madinah there are people whom you do not travel a path or cross a valley without them being with you; an excuse held them back.
إن في المدينة أقوامًا ما سلكتم طريقًا ولا قطعتم شِعْبًا إلا وهو معكم حَبَسَهُمُ العُذْرُ
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