Change Your Intention, and Your Whole Day Will Change

Shaykh Bali says that with a good intention a person can earn countless rewards — eating, sleeping, a salary, even staying silent can become worship.

How the Scene Usually Looks

In the morning you eat, because you are hungry. At midday you work, because it is your job. At night you sleep, because your body is tired.

At the end of the month the salary comes, and the household expenses are handed to your wife — as if you were just getting a duty out of the way.

At the end of the day it feels like — there was no amal at all today. Yet the whole day was spent working.

Shaykh Bali says the loss is not in the work — the loss is in not making an intention. That is how the reward slips away.

The Shaykh's Answer

Before eating, make the intention — I will worship Allah with the strength of this food. Then that permissible act itself becomes worship.

When you give household expenses and intend to seek reward, it becomes sadaqah — the hidden point of the hadith is in the word “ihtisab”. Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, I hope for reward for my sleep just as I hope for it for my night prayer.

Evidence — The Value of Deeds Lies in the Intention

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى

The results of all deeds depend on intentions, and every person will get only what they intended. (Sahih Bukhari 1, Sahih Muslim 1907)Copy

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلْحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفُورُ

[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving - (Surah Al-Mulk 67:2 — Saheeh International)Copy

What to Do

1. Before eating, make the intention — I will worship Allah with this strength.
2. When you spend on your family, intend to seek reward — then it is sadaqah.
3. Before sleeping, make the intention — I will rest, rise for Fajr, and gain strength for worship.
4. Every morning make one comprehensive intention — today I will do only what pleases Allah.

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Source: Based on the talk of Shaykh Waheed Abdussalam Bali

Translation and compilation: Raqi Faisal Ahmed Sabit — Al Qur'an Ruqyah Healing Center