If it was for Allah, you have made yourself known 44
A man may perform a deed that appears good in people’s eyes 11
The angels raise up the deed of one of Allah’s servants and magnify it 18
This head cold would sometimes strike 41
A man sighed in Umar’s presence as though feigning sorrow, so Umar jabbed him 43
When an old man advances in age, he is cast aside 41
If a deed is sincere but not correct, it will not be accepted 22
The angels form rows in heaven with their records 75
A worshipper among the Children of Israel worshipped Allah in an underground chamber for forty years 19
Those who fight one another will be resurrected according to their intentions 57
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, desires only your intention from you 72
In everything you pursue, intend good 63
I love to have an intention in everything I do 62
Counsel me 78
Those are the lamps of guidance, through whom every dark tribulation is dispelled 1
Giving precedence to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is better than being killed in His cause 73
al-Barhama the Pious 62
What a wretched suitor you are 9
Purifying the intention from its corruption 66
Learn about intention, for it carries greater weight than the deed itself 61
Five qualities by which a deed is perfected 2
The best deed is the one most carefully concealed 30
I have seen all goodness 64
Many a small deed is made great by its intention 70
Many a great deed is diminished by its intention 70
Hassān ibn Abī Sinān would sometimes purchase a man’s household and dependents 49
Evil exercises greater control over outward conduct than outward conduct does over what lies hidden 34