عن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِامْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ لِدُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ». وفي لفظ للبخاري: «إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى».
Imepokewa kutoka kwa Omar Bin Khattwab- Radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake- amesema: Amesema Mtume -Rehema na amani ziwe juu yake- "Hakika matendo yote huzingatiwa nia, na hakika kila mtu hulipwa kwa lile alilonuia, atakayekuwa kuhama kwake ni kwa ajili ya Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, (basi malipo yake yatakuwa) ni kuhama kwa ajili ya Mwenyezi Mungu na Mtume wake, na atakayekuwa kuhama kwake ni kwa ajili ya kuipata dunia, au kwa ajili ya mwanamke atakaemuoa, basi kuhama kwake kutakuwa ni kwa kile alichokiendea." Na lafudhi ya Bukhari: ""Hakika matendo yote huzingatiwa nia, na hakika kila mtu hulipwa kwa lile alilonuia."
‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Verily, the reward of deeds depends on the intention, and a person will be rewarded according to what he intended. So, he whose migration is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, then his migration is for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, and he whose migration is to achieve some worldly gain or take some woman in marriage, then his migration is for what he migrated for." In a version by Al-Bukhāri: "Verily, the reward of deeds depends on the intentions, and each person will be rewarded according to what he intended."
Himizo la kuwa na Ikhlasi (kutakasa nia) kwani Mwenyezi Mungu hakubali katika matendo isipokuwa yale yatakayokusudiwa kupata radhi zake.
Matendo ambayo hutumika kujikurubisha kwa Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu kwayo, akiyafanya muislamu mtu mzima kwa njia ya mazoea hawezi kuwa na thawabu juu yake, mpaka akusudie kujikurubisha kwa Mwenyezi Mungu kwa matendo hayo.