Intention and sincerity in action
وَإِنَّمَا الْإِصَابَةُ خَشْيَةُ اللَّهِ وَالنِّيَّةُ الصَّادِقَةُ وَالْحَسَنَةُ، وَالْإِبْقَاءُ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ حَتَّى يَخْلُصَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ، وَالنِّيَّةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ
The most correct action is grounded in reverence for Allah, truthful intention, and good conduct. Preserving an act until it becomes sincere is harder than performing it; intention is superior to action.
درست عمل اللہ کے خوف، سچی نیت اور نیک کردار سے ہوتا ہے۔ عمل کو خالص رکھنا خود عمل سے زیادہ دشوار ہے، اور نیت عمل سے افضل ہے۔
- 01ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Qummīd. 307 AHNamed first in this route.
- 02Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim3rd c. AHNamed in the transmitted chain.
- 03Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad3rd c. AHNamed in the transmitted chain.
- 04Al-Minqarī2nd c. AHNamed in the transmitted chain.
- 05Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah107–198 AHNamed in the transmitted chain.
- 06Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq ؑ83–148 AHAttributed speaker; verify the full wording in the linked edition.
Portal display grade is provisional and method-dependent. Consult the linked Arabic text and specialist rijāl studies before citing a definitive sanad judgment.