are beneficial for him in this world or the Hereafter. سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! Attached to these two words is the goodness of both worlds. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 6, p. 465)

Third method: If we want to spend as much time as we can performing good deeds, pay attention to the third tip: make good intentions. Everyday, we carry out many Mubaah actions (actions from which no reward or sin is gained, e.g. eating, drinking, sleeping, walking etc). If we focus on this issue, we can change these Mubaah actions into worship and acquire reward. My master, A’la Hazrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explains: Every permissible action performed with a good intention becomes a rewardable deed. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 8, p. 452) He further states: when no extra action is required, and only an intention turns one good deed into ten, then it is a foolish thing and an unnecessary loss to make only one intention. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 23, p. 157)

O devotees of the Prophet! Making an intention is such a unique gift, so much so that an individual can make a good intention and be deserving of reward, even if he does not perform the action he intended to do. The final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:
‘مَنْ ھَمَّ بِحَسَنَۃٍ فَلَمْ یَعْمَلْھَا کُتِبَ لَہٗ حَسَنَۃٌ’ Whoever makes an intention to perform a good deed but is unable to carry it out, one good deed is written for him. (Muslim, Kitab: Iman, Hadith 206)

Imam Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: a student of knowledge went to a group of scholars and said: who can guide me to an action that will result in me continuously performing good deeds for Allah? It is disliked by me that a day, night or moment of mine should pass and it is not spent in performing good deeds for the sake of Allah. It was said to him: you have acquired your goal. Perform good deeds for as long as possible and when you begin to feel fatigue, make an intention to perform good actions because the one who makes an intention to do a good deed, is like the one who has carried it out. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom translated, vol. 5, p. 222)