حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ذَكْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَعَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ عَشْرًا وَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ حَسَنَةً وَإِنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَعَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ سَيِّئَةً وَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ حَسَنَةً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2001
Ibn 'Abbas narrated that the Prophet (PBUH)said: "If [a person] thinks of doing a good deed then does it, it will be recorded as ten, and if he does not do it, it will be recorded as one hasanah. If he thinks of doing a bad deed and does it, it will be recorded as one sayyi'ah, and if he does not do it, it will be recorded as one hasanah.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020