حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلَا تَکْتُبُوهَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّی يَعْمَلَهَا فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاکْتُبُوهَا بِمِثْلِهَا وَإِنْ تَرَکَهَا مِنْ أَجْلِي فَاکْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنَةً فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا فَاکْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاکْتُبُوهَا لَهُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَی سَبْعِ مِائَةِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7501
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah says, "If My slave intends to do a bad deed then (O Angels) do not write it unless he does it; if he does it, then write it as it is, but if he refrains from doing it for My Sake, then write it as a good deed (in his account). (On the other hand) if he intends to go a good deed, but does not do it, then write a good deed (in his account), and if he does it, then write it for him (in his account) as ten good deeds up to seven-hundred times.' "
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020