Sincerity of Intention is the Basis For Acceptance of Deeds

It is reported by ‘Umar ibn Al Khattab (May Allah be pleased with Him) that he said:

I heard the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) saying:

“Actions are to be judged only by intentions and a man will have only what he intended. When one’s emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle, his emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle but whose emigration is to a worldly end at which he aims or to a woman whom he marries, his emigration is to that for which he emigrated.”

[Reported by Abu Dawood, Al-Bukhari and Muslim]