As long as a Muslim man or woman do their work or endeavor in this life solely for the sake of pleasing Allah and helping Muslims and their family, they definitely are rewarded by Allah. All of this basically depends on one’s intentions. Allah says, “And their Lord responded to them, “Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another.” (Aal `Imran 3:195)

 

The Prophet is also reported as saying, “Actions are but by intentions, and each person will have but that which he intended. Thus, he whose emigration was for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, his emigration was for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, and he whose emigration was to achieve some worldly gain or to take some woman in marriage, his emigration was for that for which he emigrated.” (Al-Bukhari)