What is the ruling on acting with the intention of marriage, such as putting out leftover rice for birds or preparing food?
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There is no religious impediment to performing permissible acts to achieve marriage or other permissible goals. It is better for a Muslim to intend by all their actions to draw closer to Allah Almighty, thereby attaining the good of this world and the Hereafter, in accordance with the : "Indeed, actions are by intentions, and indeed for every person is what they intended." Permissible acts do not yield reward unless the doer intends by them closeness to Allah.
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