Riyaad-us-Saliheen Sincerity and Significance of Intentions and all Actions, Apparent and Hidden Taught by Br Wajdi Akkari Commentary of Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen Lesson 2

Hadith Related Ma'n ibn Yazeed ibn al Akhnas (may Allah be pleased with them). Ma'n, his father, and his grandfather were Companions. He (Ma'n) said: Abee Yazeed (the father) took out an amount of deenars' in order to donate them in charity. He placed them with a man in the Mosque, I came and took them [from him], and then went [with the deenars] to him (i.e., his father Abee Yazeed), He said: By Allah, I did not want that. I therefore disputed with him and went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ '. He said: For you that which you intended 0 Yazeed, and for you that which you took 0 Ma'n. [Al-Bukhari]

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ‎ said, “Allah does not look at your bodies nor your images, rather he looks at your hearts and your deeds.” [Muslim] (The Hadith was initially found in Riyad-Us-Saliheen without the 'and your deeds' part at the end) Shaikh Albani – A very important addition as when you tell someone to not cut the beard or imitate the kuffar they may use it as an excuse saying Allah does not look at their image but their heart. With the addition of 'your deeds'; not shaving the beard is a good deed. Whoever then does a deed according to the Sunnah, Allah will reward him, and whoever does something against the Sunnah, it will not be accepted. Whoever introduces into this affair of ours that which is not of it, it will be rejected. We cannot imagine the soundness of the heart without the soundness of the deeds and we cannot imagine the soundness of the deeds without the soundness of the heart. They are not two separate things. Abu 'Abdullah al-Nu'man bin Bashir said the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Beware, in the body there is a flesh; if it is sound, the whole body is sound, and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt, and behold, it is the heart’. [Bukhari] Verily Allah is beautiful and he loves beauty Zuhud is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you. Hadith

It was narrated that Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari said: “The Prophet ( ﷺ ) was asked about a man who fights to prove his courage, or out of pride and honour for his close relatives, or to show off. So he was asked Which one of these is in the cause of Allah? The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said: ‘Whoever fights so that the Word of Allah may be supreme is the one who (is fighting) in the cause of Allah.’” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Hadith

It has been related by Abu Bakrah Nufay'i ibn al-Haarith al-Thaqaafee (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet ( ﷺ ‎) said: If two Muslims meet with their swords, the killer and the one killed shall be [placed] in the fire. I said: 0 Messenger of Allah ﷺ ‎, this is the killer [his affair is clear], what of the one killed? He ﷺ ‎ said: Indeed he desired to kill his companion. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] This is due to his intention For example someone who intends to do a bad deed but is unable to commit it due to some preventive means he will still receive the sin of the intent. However if he changes his mind before committing the sin, it is counted as a good deed Hadith

It has been related by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet ﷺ ‎' said: The prayer of an individual in congregation is superior to his prayer in his house or in his place of business by 27 times (some narrations report 20 or 25 times). This relates to the Hadith: Abu Hurayrah said: A blind man came to the Prophet ( ﷺ ) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I do not have anyone to lead me to the mosque,” and he asked the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) to grant him a concession allowing him to pray in his house. He granted him that concession, then when he turned to leave he called him back and said, “Can you hear the call to prayer?” He said, “Yes.” He said, ‘Then answer it.” When one [individual from amongst] you perfects his ablution, then proceeds towards the Mosque, his motive [for doing so] only being to [perform] the prayer, desiring nothing besides it. He shall not take a single step except he will be raised in degree by it, and a misdeed shall be erased from him until he enters the Mosque. When he enters the Mosque, he is deemed to be in prayer as long as the prayer detains him. The Angels send prayers upon each one of you providing he remains in the place wherein he prayed, they say: 0 Allah have mercy upon him, 0 Allah forgive him, 0 Allah accept his repentance. [They continue to do so providing] he does not cause any inconvenience to another, and as long as he is in a state of ablution. [Agreed upon. This is the text of Muslim] Hadith

This is based upon a person’s Niyyah Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: “When one of you performs the wudhu and does it well, then goes out heading to the masjid, let him not interlace his fingers, for he is in a state of Salaah.” [Abu Dawud Hadith] Commentary

It has been related by Abu 'Abbaas 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbaas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with them both) from the Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ‎), concerning that which he narrated from his Lord the Most Blessed, the Exalted, who said: Indeed Allah has written righteous actions and evil actions. Then he ( ﷺ ‎) clarified [each category]: Whosoever resolved to perform a righteous action and did not do so, Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, shall record it as a single good deed. If [the individual] resolved to perform a [righteous action], and then did so, Allah shall record it as ten good deeds up to seven hundred, multiplied many times more, If [the individual] resolved to perform an evil action and did not execute it (if it is a change of intention), Allah shall record it as a single good deed. If [the individual] resolved to perform [an evil action] and executed it, Allah shall record it as a single bad deed. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] This hadith is a manifestation of Allah’s mercy The Hadith beginning could be interpreted in two ways; the first one that they could be written in the preserved tablet (Al-Lawh-ul Mahfudh) – Allah says “Indeed, all things We created with predestination.” [54:49] “And everything, small and big is written (in Al-Lawh-ul Mahfudh already beforehand)” [54:53] The other is that it is written in the book of deeds of the servant that will be presented for him on the day of Judgement. And Allah will write that depending on Allah’s wisdom and depending on what He sees fit due to His Justice and His Bounty Hadith