Intentions? Actions? Right or Wrong???

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Re: Intentions? Actions? Right or Wrong???

@Anwaar Qureshi

I dunno man.. that’s so much philosophical thinking… I am very poor in such things…

The only thing I know is that if you make an intention to do something good, you will get rewarded and if you really do the deed you will be rewarded 10 times; however, if you could not, no harm done yet the reward of making good intention (which is equavalent to performing that good work itself) is still in your possession.

On the contrary, bad intentions do not constitute towards a sin unless a sin (bad deed) is really performed.

As simple as it is. Islam is for philosophers too but is not a philosophy.

Just to add something to your point.

If a person makes the intention to do a bad deed but doesn’t do it because he’s not able to for some reason, there’s neither any reward for him, nor any sin. However, if he makes the intention of doing a bad deed but decides not to do it out of fear of Allah, he gets rewarded for that.

On the question of comitting a bad deed with a good intention, it is perfectly valid. To give you an example, there is a unanimous agreement among fiqh scholars that if you can prevent a greater sin by performing a less serious sin, it is obligatory upon you to do so.