Imaam Ahmad said, *"the foundations of Islaam are upon three ahaadeeth:*

The hadeeth of Umar, 'verily actions are by intention'

The hadeeth of Aa`ishah, 'whoseover introduces into this affair of ours that which is not part it, then it is rejected.

'The hadeeth of Nu`maan bin Bashir, 'the halaal is clear and the haraam is clear.'"
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Ishaaq bin Raahawayah said, *"the foundations of the religion are upon four hadeeth:*

The hadeeth of Umar, 'verily actions are by intention.

'The hadeeth, 'the halaal is clear, and the haraam is clear.

'The hadeeth, 'verily the creation of one of you comes together in the stomach of his mother for 40 days.'

The hadeeth, 'whosoever invents into this affair of ours anything which is not part of it, then it is rejected.'"

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Abu Daawood said, *"I looked into the hadeeth of the Musnad (i.e. of Ahmad) and it consisted of 40000 ahaadeeth. The I looked again and (found that) the 40000 ahaadeeth revolved around 4 ahaadeeth:*

The hadeeth of Nu'maan bin Bashir, 'the halaal is clear and the haraam is clear.'

The hadeeth of Umar, 'verily actions are by intentions'

The hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah, 'Verily Allaah is pure, and does not accept except that which is pure. And indeed Allaah ordered the Muslims with that which He ordered the Messengers.'

The hadeeth, 'from the excellence of ones Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.'"
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And also from Abu Daawood, *"it suffices man that he knows from all these ahaadeeth [the ones he collected in his Sunan] 4 ahaadeeth:*

The first: His, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, saying,'verily actions are by intention.'

The second: His saying, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, 'from the excellence of a persons Islam is his leaving that which does not concern him.'

The third: His, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, saying,'The believer will not truly believe until he wishes for his brother that which he wishes for himself.'

The fourth: His, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, saying,'the halaal is clear and the haraam is clear.'"
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And in another narration from him, *"Fiqh revolves around 5 ahaadeeth:*

(The hadeeth), 'the halaal is clear and the haraam is clear'

His, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, saying, 'do not harm and do not reciprocate harm.'

His saying, 'Verily actions are by intentions.'

His saying, 'The religion is advice/sincerity'

His saying, 'what I forbade you from then stay away from it, and what I ordered you with then do as much of it as you can.'"

'Jaami Al-Uloom wal Hikm' - Imaam Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee

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Verily all actions are judged by intention.

Bro Amoto94, Most of us do misinterpret the Hadith of ''All actions are judged according to intentions". It's like we only care about our intentions and not our actions. A lady may refuse to use the Hijab and claim she has a good intention, Someone may be doing a bad deed claiming his intention for doing it is good. It's like stealing from a widow to benefit the orphan!

And Most do not know the circumstances surrounding the Hadith. The hadith refers to the Companions of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa salam who had already done the good deed of Emigrating with the Prophet.

'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab relates that he heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, say, "Verily actions are by intentions, and for every person is what he intended. So the one whose hijrah was to Allah and His Messenger, then his hijrah was to Allah and His Messenger. And the one whose hijrah was for the world to gain from it, or a woman to marry her, then his hijrah was to what he made hijrah for." [Agreed upon]