In the year 1025 AH (1616 CE), in the city of Isfahan, there lived a young Kurdish student named Zheen. He had memorized large portions of Sahih al-Bukhari but struggled with one particular hadith — the Prophet’s saying (zh frmwwda): “Actions are only by intentions.”
Zheen replied, “Because I want to teach it purely for Allah’s sake.” shyh albkhary b kwrdy zh frmwwda -1000 hta 1050...
Zheen traveled to a famous scholar in Baghdad, Shaykh Mahmud al-Kurdi. The Shaykh asked him, “Why do you seek this hadith’s depth?” In the year 1025 AH (1616 CE), in
Zheen spent ten years teaching only that hadith with sincerity. Later, his students recorded that he never sought reward but Allah’s pleasure. His village still recalls: “Zheen zh frmwwda — ‘Actions are by intentions’ — and he proved it.” Sincerity ( niyyah ) is the soul of learning Sahih al-Bukhari. Without it, knowledge is just ink on paper. With it, even one hadith can illuminate centuries. Later, his students recorded that he never sought