Dream - Having bad intentions can potentially drive someone to commit such acts. When someone does good, they will be rewarded by Allah SWT. Conversely, when they do evil, they will incur sin. So, does having bad intentions count as a sinful act? Especially if the actual wrongdoing has not been committed yet. Here is an explanation as summarized by Dream from various sources.

The translation of the text while preserving the HTML tags is as follows: "Rasulullah saw said: "Whoever intends to do a good deed but does not do it, Allah will record a perfect good deed in His presence. If he intends to do a good deed and actually does it, Allah will record ten to seven hundred times as many good deeds, and even more. If he intends to do an evil deed but does not do it, Allah will record it as one good deed in His presence."

"and if he intends to do evil and then actually does it, then Allah will only record one evil deed on His side." (HR. Bukhari and Muslim) Explained by ustadz Ahmad Zarkasih, through the above hadith it is shown that Allah SWT is very kind to His servants. Where when someone has a good intention, then they will be rewarded. Meanwhile, when that goodness is carried out, then Allah SWT will increase the reward tenfold.

Therefore, Allah SWT invites His people to do good as His word in Surah Al-Qasas verse 77 says: "... and do good (to others) as Allah has done good to you..." (QS. Al-Qasas: 77) Through the above verse, Allah SWT also reminds mankind to always do good.