Addendum to
“The Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom: A Commentary on Fifty Hadiths from the Prophet’s Comprehensive Words”
by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalī

The hadith master Ibn Rajab said:

57 – Ibn Abī al-Dunyā narrated from Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Those who fight one another will be resurrected according to their intentions.”

58 – Imam Ahmad and Ibn Mājah narrated from Zayd ibn Thābit that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever makes this world his chief concern, Allah will scatter his affairs, place poverty before his eyes, and nothing of this world will come to him except what has been decreed for him. But whoever makes the Hereafter his intention, Allah will set his affairs in order, place contentment in his heart, and this world will come to him against its will.”

This is the wording of Ibn Mājah. Ahmad’s wording is: “Whoever makes the Hereafter his chief concern,” and, “Whoever makes this world his intention.”

Ibn Abī al-Dunyā also narrated it, and his version reads: “Whoever makes the Hereafter his intention,” and, “Whoever makes this world his intention.”

59 – Ibn Abī al-Dunyā narrated through a disconnected chain of transmission that Umar said, “There is no deed for one who has no intention, and no reward for one who does not seek it from Allah.”

That is, there is no reward for one who does not hope to receive the reward for his deed from Allah, Mighty and Majestic.

60 – And through a weak chain of transmission, Ibn Masūd said, “No statement is of benefit without action,