Ali took me by the hand and we walked along together until we sat down on the bank of the Furat. Then Ali
said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no soul brought into being but that Allah has already decreed for it either misery or happiness."A man stood up and asked, "Messenger of Allah, then what is the point of our working?"He replied, "Work, for everyone is made ready for that which he was created."Then he recited this verse, "As for the one who gives and is mindful of Allah and affirms the truth of what is best" [Layl 92:5–6], up to His words, "We shall ease his way to hardship" [Layl 92:10].
حدثنا محمد بن عبيد حدثنا هاشم يعني ابن البريد عن إسماعيل الحنفي عن مسلم البطين
أخذ بيدي علي رضي الله عنه فانطلقنا نمشي حتى جلسنا على شط الفرات فقال علي رضي الله عنه قال رسول الله ﷺ ما من نفس منفوسة إلا قد سبق لها من الله شقاء أو سعادة فقام رجل فقال يا رسول الله فيم إذا نعمل قال اعملوا فكل ميسر لما خلق له ثم قرأ هذه الآية {فأما من أعطى واتقى وصدق بالحسنى} إلى قوله {فسنيسره للعسرى}
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Its chain of transmission is sahih. Muhammad bin Ubayd is Ibn Abu Umaya Tanafisi. The hadith has already appeared several times with the same meaning through the narration of Saad bin Ubayda from Abu Abdul-Rahman Sulami, 621, 1067, 1068, 1110, 1181.