Hadith #223
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْر
َةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَيِّئَةً وَاحِدَةً
Isnad Chain
English Translation
Yazid narrated to us, Hisham informed us, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: '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 good deeds up to seven hundred times. And whoever intends a bad deed but does not do it, it is not written against him. If he does it, it is written as one bad deed.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 22, Hadith 223
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 10061
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-46451