Hadith #157
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْر
َةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنْ هَمَّ عَبْدِي بِحَسَنَةٍ فَاكْتُبُوهُ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَإِنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَا تَكْتُبُوهَا فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا بِمِثْلِهَا فَإِنْ تَرَكَهَا فَاكْتُبُوهَا حَسَنَةً
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English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj — that the Prophet ﷺ said that Allah (عز وجل) says: 'If My servant intends a good deed, record it for him. If he does it, record it as ten times its like. If he intends an evil deed, do not record it. If he does it, record it as one. And if he abandons it, record it as a good deed.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 157
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6995
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43385