Hadith 1 of 40 Hadiths of Imam Nawawi

      As regards his book 40 Hadith of Imam Nawawi, he can be quoted to have said "Everyone  who  desires  and  looks  forward  to  the Hereafter  must  be  familiar  with  these  hadith  because  they cover  the  most  important  aspects  of  the  religion  and  off er direction  to  all  forms  of  obedience  to  Allah.

     This  is  clear  to anyone  who  ponders  these  hadith.  I  rely  only  upon  Allah and  I  entrust  my  affair  only  to  Him.  To  Him  is  all  the Praise  and  grace,  from  Him  is  guidance  and  protection f rom  error".

The commentaries on the hadith are by scholars of islam and this comments  are based on Quran and Sunnah.

Hadith 1 of 40 Hadiths of Imam Nawawi

"Actions are (judged) by motives  (niyyah), so  each man  will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration  (hijrah)  was to Allah and His Messenger,  his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to  that for which he migrated." [Al-Bukhari & Muslim]

This Hadith was Narrated by Amirul Mu'minin, Abu Hafs 'Umar bin al-Khattab, (RA)

This was as a result of a man who migrated from Makkah to Medinah for the sole purpose of marrying a woman and not for the sake of Allah (swt)And his messenger (saw)

This Hadith helps a muslim evaluate and judge what one does and says in one's daily life

One earns reward with his heart, tongue and body cos intention is involved in all this three components

According to Ibn Tamiya, the scholars agreed that the place of intention is in the heart/conscience and not the tongue because making a statement is not the same as having an intention to do something,

Also, this Hadith tells us about the importance of doing good deeds solely for the sake of Allah (swt) ie sincerity to Allah(swt) in our deeds (Ikhlaas)

As Ikhlaas is one of the condition of acceptance of good deeds. Sincerity in our deeds needs to be protected cos we could get carried away by some things such as
Riya( Show off) eg doing things to impress or get attention from people around us eg during Salaat, trying to show people we know how to pray,
Hypocrisy,
Shrik, associating partners with Allah, (swt)
Committing sins,( this decreases our eeman)

In conclusion,
We can say from this Hadith that :
A  person  will  achieve  whatever  he  intended.  If he  intended  good,  good  will come  about.  If he  intended  evil,  evil  will  come  about-that  is,  the  result will  be  evil  for  him. If  a  person  does  a  proper  deed  solely  for  the  sake  of  Allah,  his  purpose would  have  been  met  and  the  deed  would  be  accepted by  Allah

Also,

This  world  and  the  opposite  sex  in  particular  are  two  aspects  that  drive  a person  to  perform  certain  deeds.  They  can  have  great  influences  over  a person,  to  the  extent  that  one  may  even  perform  noble  deeds  not  for  the sake  of Allah  but  for  their  sake.

Jazakumlahu Khairahn