This Hadith includes the words:
إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ (Sahih al-Bukhari: 1)
Translation: Actions are judged by intentions.
Matn (متن) is the wording that comes after the sanad. It contains what the Hadith reports.
• The words about intentions above are part of this Hadith's matn.
• Umar hearing and transmitting it concerns its sanad.
• A matn need not be a saying: it can also report an action or a quality.
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Uṣūl al-Ḥadīth: Introduction and Purpose
This Hadith includes the words:
إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ (Sahih al-Bukhari: 1)
Translation: Actions are judged by intentions.
Matn (متن) is the wording that comes after the sanad. It contains what the Hadith reports.
• The words about intentions above are part of this Hadith's matn.
• Umar hearing and transmitting it concerns its sanad.
• A matn need not be a saying: it can also report an action or a quality.