In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

1 – Chapter on Sincerity and the Presence of Intention
in every deed, word, and state, whether public or private

Allah the Exalted says: “They were commanded only to worship Allah, devoting the religion purely to Him, (1) as upright monotheists; to establish the prayer and to give the zakat. That is the upright religion.” (Qur’an 98:5)

He the Exalted also says: “Neither their flesh nor their blood reaches Allah; what reaches Him from you is your mindfulness of Him. (3)” (Qur’an 22:37)

And He the Exalted says: “Say, ‘Whether you hide what is in your breasts or disclose it, Allah knows it.’” (Qur’an 3:29)

1 – The Commander of the Believers, Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn Riyāḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qurṭ ibn Razāḥ ibn ʿAdiyy ibn Kaʿb ibn Luʾayy ibn Ghālib al-Qurashī al-ʿAdawī—may Allah be pleased with him—reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say, “Actions are only by intentions, and every person shall have only what he intended. Thus, whoever’s migration was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but whoever’s migration was for some worldly benefit to attain, or for a woman he wishes to marry, (4) then his migration is to that for which he migrated.” Agreed upon as authentic. It was narrated by the two Imams of hadith: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī, and Abū—