Bismillah...I have to get used to this post thing lol.

Assalaamu'alaikum folks..Okay, I am going to begin inshaAllah. We are doing the 40 hadith, and starting with the 1st hadith of course.

HADITH 1
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said : I heared the messenger of Allah salla Allah u alihi wa sallam say :

"Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that which he intended. Thus he whose migration was for Allah and His messenger, his migration was for Allah and His messenger, and he whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his migration was for that for which he migrated." related by Bukhari and Muslim

I love how this is the first hadith because it makes me remember that everything goes back to my intentions..I have to remember to renew my intentions in everything I do, especially when it comes to things about this Deen. I know now I have to renew my intentions as to why I started this blog. I started this to help myself spiritually..I need to reconnect with the spirituality in me..and try my best to get close to Allah (SWT) by pleasing Him.

If I could just do everything for the sake of Allah things would be, subhanAllah, perfect. It's hard though because a lot of the time my ego gets in the way..Who am I to have an ego when it comes to doing things for His (swt) sake? Nobody whatsoever..but Astaghifirullah I tend to forget that. I think if I purified my intentions and tried to strictly make them for the sake of Allah (swt) I would be happy doing things that I normally hate doing..You know?

Even before Salah we should remember to purify our intentions and sincerely mean it..I know sometimes we just ask Allah to accept our prayers and we don't put any thought into it, but we should put ourself in a state of humility and sincerely ask Allah to accept our prayers and purify our souls, and etc. I feel like I want to type so much, but I can't figure out how to get it out lol. Anyway, there is so much to say about intentions..Feel free to chime in...I would love to read your thoughts..Here's a website where they expound on the hadith a lot more..http://fortyhadith.iiu.edu.my/hadith01.htm

InshaAllah we all gain good from this because indeed the good is from Allah and the bad is from my nafs and shaytaan.

Love ya!