Hadith 5509

(1) His statement: “will give birth to a knight who will fight in the cause of Allah”: This was a good intention, but it was not conditioned on Allah’s will. His statement: “He did not say it” means he sufficed with what was in his heart without expressing it. His statement: “Had he said, ‘If Allah wills,’ they would have fought” indicates that whoever intends to perform an action should say, “If Allah wills,” after stating their intention, for blessing, optimism, and ease in that action, as Allah said: “And never say of anything, ‘I will do that tomorrow,’ except [saying], ‘If Allah wills’” [Al-Kahf: 23-24]. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)

(۱) قوله: تأتي بفارس يجاهد في سبيل الله : وهذه نية حسنة إلا أنها غير مبنية على المشيئة. وقوله: فلم يقل أي اكتفاء بما في الجنان عن البيان باللسان. وقوله: لو قال إن شاء الله الجاهدوا والحديث يدل على أن من أراد أن يعمل عملا يستحب أن يقول عقيب قوله: إني أعمل كذا إن شاء الله تبركا وتيمنا وتسهيلا لذلك العمل، وقد قال تعالى: ﴿وَلا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَأْيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَدًا ( إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ (الكهف: ٢٣-٢٤). كذا في «المرقاة».