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[Machine] "And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah said, 'When my servant intends to do a good deed, I record it as a good deed for him even if he does not perform it. And if he performs it, I record it for him as ten good deeds. And if he intends to commit a bad deed, but does not do it, I forgive it for him. And if he commits it, I record it as one bad deed for him.'"  

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وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ إِذَا تَحَدَّثَ عَبْدِي بِأَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنَةً فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَإِذَا عَمِلَهَا فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا لَهُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَإِذَا تَحَدَّثَ بِأَنْ يَفْعَلَ سَيِّئَةً فَأَنَاأَغْفِرُهَا مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهَا فَإِذَا عَمِلَهَا فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا لَهُ بِمِثْلِهَا  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:7501Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah says, 'If My slave intends to do a bad deed then (O Angels) do not write it unless he does it; if he does it, then write it as it is, but if he refrains from doing it for My Sake, then write it as a good deed (in his account). (On the other hand) if he intends to do a good deed, but does not do it, then write a good deed (in his account), and if he does it, then write it for him (in his account) as ten good deeds up to seven-hundred times.' "  

البخاري:٧٥٠١حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ سَيِّئَةً فَلاَ تَكْتُبُوهَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَعْمَلَهَا فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِمِثْلِهَا وَإِنْ تَرَكَهَا مِنْ أَجْلِي فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنَةً فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا لَهُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِمِائَةٍ  

ذِكْرُ تَفَضُّلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَلَى الْعَامِلِ حَسَنَةً بِكَتْبِهَا عَشْرًا، وَالْعَامِلِ سَيِّئَةً بِوَاحِدَةٍ

ibnhibban:379ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about Allah, the Exalted and Almighty, He said: "When my servant intends to do a good deed, I record it for him as a good deed even if he does not do it. And if he does it, I record it for him tenfold. And if he intends to do an evil deed, I do not record it unless he does it. And if he does it, I record it as one evil deed."  

ابن حبّان:٣٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا قَالَ «إِذَا تَحَدَّثَ عَبْدِي أَنْ يَعْمَلَ حَسَنَةً فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا لَهُ حَسَنَةً مَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ فَإِذَا عَمِلَهَا فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَإِذَا تَحَدَّثَ بِأَنْ يَعْمَلَ سَيِّئَةً فَأَنَا أَغْفِرُهَا مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهَا فَإِذَا فَعَلَهَا فَأَنَا أَكْتُبُهَا مِثْلَهَا»