Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3437

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، رضى الله عنه - وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ - قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لاِمْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Amr bin Mansur informed us; Abdullah bin Maslamah narrated to us, from Malik. Al-Harith bin Miskin also narrated it to us, read to him while I listened, from Ibn al-Qasim, who said: Malik informed me, from Yahya bin Sa'id, from Muhammad bin Ibrahim, from Alqamah bin Waqqas, from Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)—and in al-Harith's narration, he heard Umar say—that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Actions are only by intentions, and each person will have only what he intended. Whoever's emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, then his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger; and whoever's emigration was for worldly gain or a woman to marry, then his emigration was for that for which he emigrated.’