This is -in my opinion- a great Hadith, which shows the importance of the intention and the narrow path between hypocrisy and sincerity (devotion) in the acts!

This Hadith is to be found in sahih Muslim in the Chapter "One who fights to show off and gain a reputation deserves Hell" ... which already gives a hint about the meaning!

The quintessence: is you'll have to try your best to do what you do for a good (acceptable) reason to make it a good deed if not one will have to expect what Allah has promised those who did bad deeds. So the basis of any act should be an intention and a sincerity and devotion in doing it, if other people then told you you are a master in your work or praise you that would be ok, but you should be careful from getting conceited, arrogant or self-conceit ... As once you get self-conceit your acts would be more for the people then for the sake of Allah!

So this is the kind of Jihad we'll have in all our life!

And here a summarized extract from sharh al-Imam an-Nawawi:

This hadith shows the wickedness of hypocrisy and the hard punishment in the hereafter and the importance of the sincerity in the acts which Allah asked as for in (98:5)! And naming Jihad, learning and getting Knowledge and learning Qur'an and reciting it, is just to show that this is applied for any deed!

And Allah knows best!

This is -in my opinion- a great hadith, which shows the importance of the intention and the narrow path between hypocrisy and sincerity (devotion) in the acts!

This hadith is to be found in sahih Muslim in the Chapter "One who fights to show off and gain a reputation deserves Hell" ... which already gives a hint about the meaning!

The quintessence: is you'll have to try your best to do what you do for a good (acceptable) reason to make it a good deed if not one will have to expect what Allah has promised those who did bad deeds. 
So the basis of any act should be an intention and a sincerity and devotion in doing it, if other people then told you you are a master in your work or praise you that would be ok, but you should be careful from getting conceited, arrogant or self-conceit ... As once you get self-conceit your acts would be more for the people then for the sake of Allah!

So this is the kind of Jihad we'll have in all our life!

And here a summarized extract from sharh al-Imam an-Nawawi:

This hadith shows the wickedness of hypocrisy and the hard punishment in the hereafter and the importance of the sincerity in the acts which Allah asked as for in (98:5)! And naming Jihad, learning and getting Knowledge and learning Qur'an and reciting it, is just to show that this is applied for any deed!

And Allah knows best!

This is -in my opinion- a great Hadith, which shows the importance of the intention and the narrow path between hypocrisy and sincerity (devotion) in the acts!

This Hadith is to be found in sahih Muslim in the Chapter "One who fights to show off and gain a reputation deserves Hell"

The quintessence is you'll have to try your best to do what you do for a good (acceptable) reason to make it a good deed if not one will have to expect what Allah has promised those who did bad deeds. So the basis of any act should be an intention and a sincerity and devotion in doing it, if other people then told you you are a master in your work or praise you that would be ok, but you should be careful from getting conceited, arrogant or self-conceit ... As once you get self-conceit your acts would be more for the people then for the sake of Allah!

So this is the kind of Jihad we'll have in all our life!

And an extract from sharh al-Imam an-Nawawi:

This hadith shows the wickedness of hypocrisy and the hard punishment in the hereafter and the importance of the sincerity in the acts which Allah asked as for in (98:5)! And naming Jihad, learning and getting Knowledge and learning Qur'an and reciting it, is just to show that this is applied for any deed!

And Allah knows best!

This is -in my opinion- a great Hadith, which shows the importance of the intention and the narrow path between hypocrisy and sincerity (devotion) in the acts!

This Hadith is to be found in sahih Muslim in the Chapter "One who fights to show off and gain a reputation deserves Hell" ... which already gives a hint about the meaning!

The quintessence: is you'll have to try your best to do what you do for a good (acceptable) reason to make it a good deed if not one will have to expect what Allah has promised those who did bad deeds. So the basis of any act should be an intention and a sincerity and devotion in doing it, if other people then told you you are a master in your work or praise you that would be ok, but you should be careful from getting conceited, arrogant or self-conceit ... As once you get self-conceit your acts would be more for the people then for the sake of Allah!

So this is the kind of Jihad we'll have in all our life!

And here a summarized extract from sharh al-Imam an-Nawawi:

This hadith shows the wickedness of hypocrisy and the hard punishment in the hereafter and the importance of the sincerity in the acts which Allah asked as for in (98:5)! And naming Jihad, learning and getting Knowledge and learning Qur'an and reciting it, is just to show that this is applied for any deed!

And Allah knows best!