دَورُ النِّيَّةِ فِي العَمَلِ The Role of Intention in Actions

6ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): يا أيُّها النّاسُ، إنّما الأعمالُ بالنِّيّاتِ، وإنّما لِكُلِّ امرئٍ ما نَوى، فمَن كانَت هِجرَتُهُ إلَى اللّه‏ِ ورَسولِهِ فهِجرَتُهُ إلَى اللّه‏ِ ورَسولِهِ، ومَن كانَت هِجرَتُهُ إلى دُنيا يُصيبُها أوِ امرأةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُها فهِجرَتُهُ إلى ما هاجَرَ إلَيهِ.

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O people, actions are according to intentions, and every person will have what he intended. So, whoever's migration was to Allah and His Messenger then his migration is to Allah and His Messenger, and whoever's migration was to the world to gain from it, or to a woman to marry her, then their migration will be to whatever they migrated to.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7261]
 

7ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) ـ لَمّا أغزى علِيّاً (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) فيِ سَرِيَّةٍ، فقالَ رجُلٌ لأخٍ لَهُ: اُغْزُ بِنا في سَرِيّةِ علِيٍّ لَعلَّنا نُصيبُ خادِماً أو دابَّةً أو شَيئا نَتَبَلَّغُ بهِ ـ: إنّما الأعمالُ بالنِّيّاتِ، ولكُلِّ امرئٍ ما نَوى، فمَن غَزا ابتِغاءَ ما عِندَ اللّه‏ِ فَقد وَقَعَ أجرُهُ علَى اللّه‏ِ، ومَن غَزا يُريدُ عَرَضَ الدُّنيا أو نَوى عِقالاً لَم يَكُن لَهُ إلّا ما نَوى.

7– The Prophet (SAWA), when he sent Ali on a military expedition with a brigade, and a man said to his brother, ‘Lets go on the military expedition with the brigade of Ali, we might get a slave or an animal or something of value- said, ‘Actions are according to intentions, and every person has what they intend. So whoever goes on a conquest in search of what is with Allah then their reward will be from Allah, and whoever goes on a conquest in search of worldly affairs or intends restraints will not get other than what he intended.’[Amali al-Tusi, p. 618, no. 1274]