حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجَعْدُ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيمَا رَوَى عَنْ رَبِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى رَحِيمٌ مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشَرَةً إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةٍ إِلَى أَضْعَافٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ وَاحِدَةً أَوْ يَمْحُوهَا اللَّهُ وَلَا يَهْلِكُ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى إِلَّا هَالِكٌ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2519
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (RA), in a report of what the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) narrated from his Lord: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Your Lord, may He be blessed and exalted, is Merciful. Whoever thinks of a good deed and does not do it, one hasanah will be recorded for him, and if he does it, it will be recorded for him, tenfold up to seven hundredfold, multiplied many times. Whoever thinks of a bad deed and does not do it, one hasanah will be recorded for him, and if he does it, it will be recorded as one sayyi'ah, or Allah will overlook it. No one can fail except one who is doomed to Hell.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020