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"نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ خَيرٌ مِنْ عَمَلهِ، وَعَمَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ خَيرٌ مِنْ نِيَّتِهِ، وَكُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ، فَإِذَا عَمِلَ الْمُؤْمِنُ عَمَلًا ثَارَ في قَلبِهَ نُورٌ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير والخطيب، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن سهل بن سعد

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يَحْيَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ

tabarani:5942 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mustamir al-ʿUrūqī > Ḥātim b. ʿAbbād b. Dīnār al-Ḥarashī > Yaḥyá b. Qays al-Kindī > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The intention of a believer is better than his action, and the action of a hypocrite is better than his intention. Each person will be rewarded according to their intention. So, when a believer performs an act, there is a light in his heart."  

الطبراني:٥٩٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُسْتَمِرِّ الْعُرُوقِيُّ ثنا حَاتِمُ بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْحَرَشِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ ثنا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نِيَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَعَمَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ نِيَّتِهِ وَكُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ فَإِذَا عَمِلَ الْمُؤْمِنُ عَمَلًا نَارَ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُورٌ»