Divine Will (Al-Qadar)

Divine Will (Al-Qadar)










Volume 8, Book 77, Number 593:

Narrated 'Abdullah:

Allah's Apostle, the truthful and truly-inspired, said, "Each one
of
you collected in the womb of his mother for forty days, and then
turns
into a clot for an equal period (of forty days) and turns into a
piece
of flesh for a similar period (of forty days) and then Allah sends
an
angel and orders him to write four things, i.e., his provision, his

age, and whether he will be of the wretched or the blessed (in the
Hereafter). Then the soul is breathed into him. And by Allah, a
person
among you (or a man) may do deeds of the people of the Fire till
there
is only a cubit or an arm-breadth distance between him and the
Fire,
but then that writing (which Allah has ordered the angel to write)
precedes, and he does the deeds of the people of Paradise and
enters
it; and a man may do the deeds of the people of Paradise till there
is
only a cubit or two between him and Paradise, and then that writing

precedes and he does the deeds of the people of the Fire and enters

it."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 594:

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

The Prophet said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and
the
angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now ) a clot! O
Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to
complete its creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be) a male
or
a female? A wretched (an evil doer) or a blessed (doer of good)?
How
much will his provisions be? What will his age be?' So all that is
written while the creature is still in the mother's womb."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 595:

Narrated Imran bin Husain:

A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! Can the people of Paradise be known

(differentiated) from the people of the Fire; The Prophet replied,
"Yes." The man said, "Why do people (try to) do (good) deeds?" The
Prophet said, "Everyone will do the deeds for which he has been
created to do or he will do those deeds which will be made easy for

him to do." (i.e. everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will

lead him to his destined place for which he has been created).

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 596:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Prophet ; was asked about the offspring of the pagans. He said,

"Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live)."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 597:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle was asked about the offspring of the pagans. He
said,
"Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live)."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "No child is born but
has
the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a
Christian.
It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their
offspring a mutilated one before you mutilate them yourself?" The
people said, "O Allah's Apostle! What do you think about those (of
them) who die young?" The Prophet said, "Allah knows what they
would
have done (were they to live)."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 598:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "No woman should ask for the divorce of her
sister (Muslim) so as to take her place, but she should marry the
man
(without compelling him to divorce his other wife), for she will
have
nothing but what Allah has written for her."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 599:

Narrated Usama:

Once while I was with the Prophet and Sa'd, Ubai bin Ka'b and
Mu'adh
were also sitting with him, there came to him a messenger from one
of
his daughters, telling him that her child was on the verge of
death.
The Prophet told the messenger to tell her, "It is for Allah what
He
takes, and it is for Allah what He gives, and everything has its
fixed
time (limit). So (she should) be patient and look for Allah's
reward."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 600:

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

That while he was sitting with the Prophet a man from the Ansar
came
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We get slave girls from the war
captives
and we love property; what do you think about coitus interruptus?"
Allah's Apostle said, "Do you do that? It is better for you not to
do
it, for there is no soul which Allah has ordained to come into
existence but will be created."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 601:

Narrated Hudhaifa:

The Prophet once delivered a speech in front of us wherein he left
nothing but mentioned (about) everything that would happen till the

Hour. Some of us stored that our minds and some forgot it. (After
that
speech) I used to see events taking place (which had been referred
to
in that speech) but I had forgotten them (before their occurrence).

Then I would recognize such events as a man recognizes another man
who
has been absent and then sees and recognizes him.

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 602:

Narrated 'Ali:

While we were sitting with the Prophet who had a stick with which
he
was scraping the earth, he lowered his head and said, "There is
none
of you but has his place assigned either in the Fire or in
Paradise."
Thereupon a man from the people said, "Shall we not depend upon
this,
O Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet said, "No, but carry on and do your

deeds, for everybody finds it easy to do such deeds (as will lead
him
to his place)." The Prophet then recited the Verse: 'As for him who

gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah..' (92.5)

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 603:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

We witnessed along with Allah's Apostle the Khaibar (campaign).
Allah's Apostle told his companions about a man who claimed to be a

Muslim, "This man is from the people of the Fire." When the battle
started, the man fought very bravely and received a great number of

wounds and got crippled. On that, a man from among the companions
of
the Prophet came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do you know what the

man you described as of the people of the Fire has done? He has
fought
very bravely for Allah's Cause and he has received many wounds."
The
Prophet said, "But he is indeed one of the people of the Fire."
Some
of the Muslims were about to have some doubt about that statement.
So
while the man was in that state, the pain caused by the wounds
troubled him so much that he put his hand into his quiver and took
out
an arrow and committed suicide with it. Off went some men from
among
the Muslims to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allah
has
made your statement true. So-and-so has committed suicide." Allah's

Apostle said, "O Bilal! Get up and announce in public: None will
enter
Paradise but a believer, and Allah may support this religion
(Islam)
with a wicked man."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 604:

Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd:

There was a man who fought most bravely of all the Muslims on
behalf
of the Muslims in a battle (Ghazwa) in the company of the Prophet.
The
Prophet looked at him and said. "If anyone would like to see a man
from the people of the Fire, let him look at this (brave man)." On
that, a man from the People (Muslims) followed him, and he was in
that
state i.e., fighting fiercely against the pagans till he was
wounded,
and then he hastened to end his life by placing his sword between
his
breasts (and pressed it with great force) till it came out between
his
shoulders. Then the man (who was watching that person) went quickly
to
the Prophet and said, "I testify that you are Allah's Apostle!" The

Prophet asked him, "Why do you say that?" He said, "You said about
so-and-so, 'If anyone would like to see a man from the people of
the
Fire, he should look at him.' He fought most bravely of all of us
on
behalf of the Muslims and I knew that he would not die as a Muslim
(Martyr). So when he got wounded, he hastened to die and committed
suicide." There-upon the Prophet said, "A man may do the deeds of
the
people of the Fire while in fact he is one of the people of
Paradise,
and he may do the deeds of the people of Paradise while in fact he
belongs to the people of Fire, and verily, (the rewards of) the
deeds
are decided by the last actions (deeds)".

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 605:

Narrated Ibn 'Umar:

The Prophet forbade vowing and said, "In fact, vowing does not
prevent
anything, but it makes a miser to spend his property."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 606:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said (that Allah said), "Vowing does not bring to the
son
of Adam anything I have not already written in his fate, but vowing
is
imposed on him by way of fore ordainment. Through vowing I make a
miser spend of his wealth."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 607:

Narrated Abu Musa:

While we were with Allah's Apostle in a holy battle, we never went
up
a hill or reached its peak or went down a valley but raised our
voices
with Takbir. Allah's Apostle came close to us and said, "O people!
Don't exert yourselves, for you do not call a deaf or an absent
one,
but you call the All-Listener, the All-Seer." The Prophet then
said,
"O 'Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I teach you a sentence which is from
the
treasures of Paradise? ( It is): 'La haula wala quwata illa billah.

(There is neither might nor power except with Allah)."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 608:

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:

That the Prophet said, "No Caliph is appointed but has two groups
of
advisors: One group advises him to do good and urges him to adopt
it,
and the other group advises him to do bad and urges him to adopt
it;
and the protected is the one whom Allah protects."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 609:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

I did not see anything so resembling minor sins as what Abu Huraira

said from the Prophet, who said, "Allah has written for the son of
Adam his inevitable share of adultery whether he is aware of it or
not: The adultery of the eye is the looking (at something which is
sinful to look at), and the adultery of the tongue is to utter
(what
it is unlawful to utter), and the innerself wishes and longs for
(adultery) and the private parts turn that into reality or refrain
from submitting to the temptation."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 610:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

(regarding the Verse) "And We granted the vision (Ascension to the
heavens "Miraj") which We showed you (O Muhammad as an actual eye
witness) but as a trial for mankind.' (17.60): Allah's Apostle
actually saw with his own eyes the vision (all the things which
were
shown to him) on the night of his Night Journey to Jerusalem (and
then
to the heavens). The cursed tree which is mentioned in the Qur'an
is
the tree of Az-Zaqqum.

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 611:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses
said
to Adam. 'O Adam! You are our father who disappointed us and turned
us
out of Paradise.' Then Adam said to him, 'O Moses! Allah favored
you
with His talk (talked to you directly) and He wrote (the Torah) for

you with His Own Hand. Do you blame me for action which Allah had
written in my fate forty years before my creation?' So Adam
confuted
Moses, Adam confuted Moses," the Prophet added, repeating the
Statement three times.

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 612:

Narrated Warrad:

(the freed slave of Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba) Muawiya wrote to
Mughira.
'Write to me what you heard the Prophet saying after his prayer.'
So
Al-Mughira dictated to me and said, "I heard the Prophet saying
after
the prayer, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone
Who
has no partner. O Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and
none
can give what You withhold, and the fortune of a man of means is
useless before You (i.e., only good deeds are of value)."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 613:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Take refuge with Allah from the difficulties of
severe calamities, from having an evil end and a bad fate and from
the
malicious joy of your enemies."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 614:

Narrated 'Abdullah:

When taking an oath, the Prophet very often used to say, "No, by
Him
Who turns the hearts."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 615:

Narrated Ibn 'Umar:

The Prophet said to Ibn Saiyad, "I have kept for you a secret." Ibn

Saiyad said, "Ad-Dukh." The Prophet said, "Keep quiet, for you
cannot
go beyond your limits (or you cannot exceed what has been
foreordained
for you)." On that, 'Umar said (to the Prophet ), "Allow me to chop

off his neck!" The Prophet said, "Leave him, for if he is he (i.e.,

Ad-Dajjal), then you will not be able to overcome him, and if he is

not, then you gain no good by killing him."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 616:

Narrated 'Aisha:

I asked Allah's Apostle about the plague. He said, "That was a
means
of torture which Allah used to send upon whom-so-ever He wished,
but
He made it a source of mercy for the believers, for anyone who is
residing in a town in which this disease is present, and remains
there
and does not leave that town, but has patience and hopes for
Allah's
reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except what Allah
has
written for him, then he will get such reward as that of a martyr."

Volume 8, Book 77, Number 617:




Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib:

I saw the Prophet on the Day of (the battle of) Al-Khandaq,
carrying
earth with us and saying, "By Allah, without Allah we would not
have
been guided, neither would we have fasted, nor would we have
prayed. O
Allah! Send down Sakina (calmness) upon us and make our feet firm
when
we meet (the enemy). The pagans have rebelled against us, but if
they
want to put us in affliction (i.e., fight us) we refuse (to flee)."

(See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 5).