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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention
and every person will get the reward according to what he has
intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his
emigration was for Allah and His Apostle. And whoever emigrated for
worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what
he emigrated for."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 2, Hadith 47
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I used to sit with Ibn 'Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place.
He requested me to stay with him in order that he might give me a
share from his property. So I stayed with him for two months. Once he
told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of 'Abdul Qais came to
the Prophet, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked them, "Who are the people (i.e. you)?
(Or) who are the delegate?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of
Rabi'a." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to them, "Welcome! O people (or O
delegation of 'Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace nor will
you regret." They said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We cannot come to you
except in the sacred month and there is the infidel tribe of Mudar
intervening between you and us. So please order us to do something
good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we have
left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on
them)." Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is
illegal). The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered them to do four things and forbade them
from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allah Alone and asked
them, "Do you know what is meant by believing in Allah Alone?" They
replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "It means:
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a man spends on his family (with the intention
of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a
(kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.