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On the authority of the Commander of the Faithful , Abu Hafs Omar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, who said : I heard the Messenger of Allah salla Allah u alihi wa sallam say :"Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that which he intended. Thus he whose migration was for Allah and His Messenger, his migration was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his migration was for that for which he migrated."
~Related by Bukhari and Muslim~
The hadith indicates that the intention is a yardstick for making one's actions sound. Only insofar as the intention is correct is the action correct, and insofar as the intention is wrong is the action wrong. (but this applies only to the "halal" actions cos the "haram" remains "haram",as the Malay sayings goes:"Matlamat tak menghalalkan cara")If an action takes place and an intention accompanies it, such action is characterized by one of the following three states (the three contexts of "ikhlas"):
a) It is performed out of fear of God the Exalted: this is the worship of slaves (`abid).
b) It is performed in the pursuit of the Garden of Paradise and the pursuit of reward: this is the worship of traders (tujjar).
c) It is performed out of shame before God and in order to fulfill the duty of servanthood and give thanks while one sees oneself remiss despite doing all this, fearing in his heart because he does not know -- even then -- if his action is accepted or not: this is the worship of free men (ahrar).
Three things that could make our "amal" unacceptable to Allah:
a)pride in one's action
b)assabiyyah (obsessed) with one's "amal"
c)riya' (making display)
p/s: pardon my language..it is quite hard to write this in English..hehe..and well,i got some help from a website *wink*..sorry for not being able to include all the details,though..feel free to ask or to correct things here.. :D
p/s#2 (he2): i've tried to include the arabic version of this hadith..came out ok while i was typing it,but not so when i previewed it on the blog..how frustrating!..hu2..
The hadith indicates that the intention is a yardstick for making one's actions sound. Only insofar as the intention is correct is the action correct, and insofar as the intention is wrong is the action wrong. (but this applies only to the "halal" actions cos the "haram" remains "haram",as the Malay sayings goes:"Matlamat tak menghalalkan cara")If an action takes place and an intention accompanies it, such action is characterized by one of the following three states (the three contexts of "ikhlas"):
a) It is performed out of fear of God the Exalted: this is the worship of slaves (`abid).
b) It is performed in the pursuit of the Garden of Paradise and the pursuit of reward: this is the worship of traders (tujjar).
c) It is performed out of shame before God and in order to fulfill the duty of servanthood and give thanks while one sees oneself remiss despite doing all this, fearing in his heart because he does not know -- even then -- if his action is accepted or not: this is the worship of free men (ahrar).
Three things that could make our "amal" unacceptable to Allah:
a)pride in one's action
b)assabiyyah (obsessed) with one's "amal"
c)riya' (making display)
p/s: pardon my language..it is quite hard to write this in English..hehe..and well,i got some help from a website *wink*..sorry for not being able to include all the details,though..feel free to ask or to correct things here.. :D
p/s#2 (he2): i've tried to include the arabic version of this hadith..came out ok while i was typing it,but not so when i previewed it on the blog..how frustrating!..hu2..
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