Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 1Actions Are by Intentions

What is Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 1?

Umar ibn al-Khattab reports that the value of an action is connected to its intention. The narration illustrates this through migration undertaken for different purposes. It opens Sahih al-Bukhari and directs attention to a person’s motive as well as the outward act.

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Collection
Sahih al-Bukhari
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 1
Chapter
1: Revelation
Narrator in the source
'Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him)
Compiler
Imam al-Bukhari
Displayed grading
Sahih
Hadith 1
Sahih

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 ‏"‏‏.

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for."

— Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him)

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Collection: Sahih al-Bukhari. Compiler: Imam al-Bukhari. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 1.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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