Actions Depend upon Intention

ACTIONS DEPEND UPON INTENTION Intention relates to one’s thinking or inner state. Any act which is done without the right intention is valueless in the eyes of God. Intention is of utmost important in Islam. No act, simply on account of its appearance of being commendable can be acceptable to God. God accepts only such deeds as have been performed with the right intention. No act done with evil intention is acceptable to God. When a person performs some task solely for God’s pleasure and with the aim of being rewarded for it in the Hereafter, that shows he is a person of good intention. On the contrary, when a person acts in a way that is ostensibly religious, with the hope of promoting some worldly interest thereby, receiving appreciation,