Hadith #60
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي
هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا إِلَى سَبْعِ مِائَةٍ وَسَبْعِ أَمْثَالِهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَيِّئَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Muhammad ibn Ja'far, from Hisham, from Muhammad — from the Prophet ﷺ: 'Whoever intends a good deed but does not do it, one good deed is written for him. If he does it, it is written for him as ten times its like — up to seven hundred times and seven times its like. If he then does not do it [due to external circumstances], one good deed is written for him. Whoever intends an evil deed but does not do it, nothing is written against him. If he does it, one evil deed is written against him. If he does not do it, nothing is written against him.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 60
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6898
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43288