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ahmad-zuhd:1603ʿAbdullāh from my father > Abū ʿUbaydah ʿAbd al-Muʾmin > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] I heard al-Hasan saying, "Intention is more significant than the act itself."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٦٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ عَبْدُ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ «النِّيَّةُ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ»  


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ahmad-zuhd:1881ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī > Sayyār > Jaʿfar > Mālik b. Dīnār

[Machine] I heard Malik ibn Dinar say, "The intention of the believer is more important than his action."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٨٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ «نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَبْلَغُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ»