AL - QADAR

Divine Will (Al−Qadar)
8.593:
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."
8.594:
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."
8.595:
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).
8.596:
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).
8.597:
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).
8.598:
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."
8.599:
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."
8.600:
Narrated Abu Sa`id 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."
8.601:
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.
8.602:
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..' (9
2.5)
8.603:
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."
8.604:
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)".
8.605:
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."
8.606:
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." 8.607:
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).
8.608:
Narrated Abu Sa`id 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."
8.609:
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."
8.610:
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.
8.611:
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.
8.612:
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).
8.613:
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." 8.614:
Narrated `Abdullah: When taking an oath, the Prophet very
often used to say, "No, by Him Who turns the hearts."
8.615:
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."
8.616:
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."
8.617:
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).
Bk. 78: Oaths and Vows
8.618:
Narrated `Aisha:
Abu Bakr As−Siddiq had never broken his oaths till Allah
revealed the expiation for the oaths. Then he said, "If I take
an oath to do something and later on I find something else
better than the first one, then I do what is better and make
expiation for my oath."