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Sayyidunā Abū Mūsā Ash’arī رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ reported that the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ, the Intercessor of Ummaĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was asked, ‘One man fights to demonstrate courage, another to demonstrate patriotism, and a third to show off – which of them is fighting in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ?’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم answered, ‘The one who fights for the only reason that the Kalimaĥ (word) of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is elevated, is a warrior in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’
(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Kitāb-ul-Jihad, vol. 2, 4, pp. 256, 561, Ḥadīš 2810, 7458)
From this Ḥadīš we learn that sincerity and the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is a condition for the acquisition of any reward for any good deed. (Fuyūḍ-ul-Barī, vol. 11, 12, pp. 194)
The literal definition of intention is, ‘A firm determination of the heart’, and in terms of Sharī’aĥ it is, ‘An intention of worship’.
(Derived from: Nuzĥat-ul-Qārī Sharḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 1, pp. 226)
Dear Islamic brothers! The more intentions there are in a deed the more reward there is. For example, whilst helping a needy relative if your intention is only to please Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ then you will be rewarded for one intention and if you also intend to treat relative with kindness then you will be rewarded for two intentions.
(Ashi’a-tul-Lam’āt, vol. 1, pp. 36)
Likewise, walking to a Masjid to offer Ṣalāĥ is also a deed and can include many intentions. In Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ volume 5, page 673, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat Ash-Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن mentioned forty intentions for this and said, ‘Certainly,
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