Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ ".
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Humaydi, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, narrated to us. He said: Sufyan narrated to us. He said: Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari narrated to us. He said: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Taymi informed me that he heard Alqama ibn Waqqas al-Laythi say: I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) on the pulpit say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Actions are only according to intentions, and each person will have only what he intended. So whoever's emigration is for some worldly gain he seeks, or for a woman he wishes to marry, his emigration is for that for which he emigrated.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness renders the opening in terms of the reward of deeds. The Arabic says that actions are according to intentions; the translation keeps that wording and does not add ‘reward’ to the first clause.