A good deed intended and not done: one full good deed

الهمّ بالحسنة: حسنة كاملة

Whoever intends a good deed and does not do it, God writes it with Him as one full good deed Muslim 131 — God has written good deeds and bad deeds; in Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him)'s narration the angels are told to write it as a good deed so long as he has not done it Muslim 128 — God has written good deeds and bad deeds. A sincere intention alone enters the ledger as one, and doing the deed raises it to ten.