One who has no intention has no deed 59
A deed is only sound when accompanied by three things 71
No deed is insignificant when accompanied by piety 6
Words are of no benefit without deeds 60
Words and deeds are of no benefit unless they conform to the sunnah 60
Words and deeds are of no benefit without an intention 60
For me to know that Allah has accepted from me even the weight of a mustard seed 20
One of you may pray for an entire night, or part of it, then wake in the morning feeling superior to his neighbor 39
I met men, one of whom would lie with his head and his wife’s head upon the same pillow 36
“To test you as to which of you is best in deed”: the most sincere and the most correct 22
Allah will surely ask you on the Day of Resurrection, “What did you intend by this?” 29
That which is done seeking the Countenance of Allah 13
I have never struggled with anything more difficult for me than my intention 65
Whoever is sincere in his intention, even when it is against his own interests 79
Whoever wishes his deed to be perfected should make his intention sound 69
Whoever makes this world his chief concern, Allah will scatter his affairs 58
Whoever’s outward state is better than his inward state will find his scales light 23
Whoever’s inward state is better than his outward state—that is true virtue 24
I wish this man were meticulous 76
O people, set right your inward states, and Allah will set right your worldly lives 54
O you who conceal yourselves, know that Allah has an inquiry that will lay all bare 27
The angel ascends jubilantly with the servant’s deed 17
I wish I had not attended this meal 56