YOUR INTENTION AND ACTION
In the Name of Allāh.
Indeed, Al-Umūru bi Maqāsidihā (الأُمُورُ بِمَقَاصِدِهَا), which translates to “Actions are judged by the aims [i.e., intentions] behind them,” stands as one of the fundamental maxims of Islāmic Jurisprudence (al-Qawā’id al-Fiqhiyyah). This principle is derived from a well-known Ḥadīth narrated by ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khaṭṭāb (Raḍiyallāhu ‘Anhu) and mentioned by Imām An-Nawawī (Raḥimahullāh) as the first Ḥadīth in his compilation, …
