Abu Aswad reported,

Imran bin Husayn said to me, "Tell me, this work that people do today and toil at, is it something already decreed for them and settled upon them by a destiny that went before, or is it something they meet in the future, based on what their Prophet brought them, so that the proof stands established against them?"I said, "No, it is something already decreed for them and settled upon them."He said, "Then would that not be injustice?"I was gravely alarmed at that, and I said, "Everything is Allah's creation and belongs to His hand, and He is not questioned about what He does, but they are questioned" [Anbiya 21:23].He said to me, "May Allah have mercy on you. I intended nothing by my question except to gauge your understanding. Two men from Mazina came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Messenger of Allah, tell us, this work that people do today and toil at, is it something already decreed for them and settled upon them by a destiny that went before, or is it something they meet in the future, based on what their Prophet brought them, so that the proof stands established against them?'He answered, 'No, it is something already decreed for them and settled upon them. The confirmation of that is in the Book of Allah , "By the soul and He who proportioned it, and inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness" [Shams 91:7–8].'"

عن أبي الأسود الديلي قال

قال لي عمران بن الحصين: أرأيت ما يعمل الناس اليوم ويكدحون فيه أشيء قضي عليهم ومضى عليهم من قدر ما سبق أو فيما يستقبلون به مما أتاهم به نبيهم وثبتت الحجة عليهم؟ فقلت: بل شيء قضي عليهم ومضى عليهم. قال: فقال: أفلا يكون ظلما؟ قال: ففزعت من ذلك فزعا شديدا، وقلت: كل شيء خلق الله وملك يده فلا يسأل عما يفعل وهم يسألون. فقال لي: يرحمك الله إني لم أرد بما سألتك إلا لأحزر عقلك. إن رجلين من مزينة أتيا رسول الله ﷺ فقالا: يا رسول الله، أرأيت ما يعمل الناس اليوم ويكدحون فيه أشيء قضى عليهم ومضى فيهم من قدر قد سبق أو فيما يستقبلون به مما أتاهم به نبيهم وثبتت الحجة عليهم؟ فقال: لا بل شيء قضي عليهم ومضى فيهم، وتصديق ذلك في كتاب الله عز وجل: {ونفس وما سواها فألهمها فجورها وتقوها} [سورة الشمس: ٧- ٨].