أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْکِينٍ قِرَائَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِکٌ ح و أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لِامْرِئٍ مَا نَوَی فَمَنْ کَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَی اللَّهِ وَإِلَی رَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَی اللَّهِ وَإِلَی رَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ کَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَی دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوْ امْرَأَةٍ يَنْکِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَی مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 76
It was narrated that ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Actions are only done with intentions, and every man shall have what he intended. Thus he whose emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose emigration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his emigration was for that which he intended.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020