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An-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths.

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On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both,

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from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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among the traditions he narrated from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted,

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that He said: "Indeed, Allah has decreed the good deeds and the evil deeds,

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and then made that clear:

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Whoever intends to do a good deed but does not do it,

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Allah records it with Himself as a full good deed.

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If he intends to do it and then performs it,

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Allah records it with Himself as ten good deeds,

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up to seven hundredfold,

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or even many times more.

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And if he intends to do an evil deed but does not do it,

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Allah records it with Himself as a full good deed.

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But if he intends to do it and performs it,

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Allah records it as a single evil deed."

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Related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.

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This hadith illustrates the boundless mercy and absolute justice of Allah,

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for He has ordained both good and evil deeds,

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making clear that a good deed is multiplied tenfold or far more,

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whereas an evil deed is recorded only as a single sin or forgiven through repentance.

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It also clarifies that the mere intention to do good earns its bearer a reward,

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and that abandoning sin for the sake of Allah is itself recorded as a good deed.

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Thus, the hadith nurtures in the Muslim an optimistic hope in the vastness of Allah's mercy,

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encouraging him to constantly intend good, hasten toward repentance, and forsake disobedience,

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for Allah is Most Generous and never allows the reward of any doer of good to be lost.