The Prophet ﷺ said that Allah said to the soul, "Come out."It replied, "I will not come out except unwillingly."He said, "Come out, even if you are unwilling."
أن النبي ﷺ قال: قال الله تبارك وتعالى للنفس: اخرجي. قالت: لا أخرج إلا كارهة. قال: اخرجي وإن كرهت.
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Bukhari narrated it in Adab al-Mufrad (219), Bazzar (9590), and Bayhaqi in Zuhd (460) from the hadith of Musa bin Ismail, who said, Rabi bin Muslim told us, from Muhammad bin Ziyad, from Abu Hurairah, and he mentioned it.Bazzar said, "We do not know of anyone who narrated this hadith except Abu Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ, and no one narrated it from Abu Hurairah except Muhammad bin Ziyad, and no one narrated it from Muhammad except Rabi bin Muslim, and Rabi bin Muslim is trustworthy and reliable."I say, and likewise Muhammad bin Ziyad (who is the Qurashi, the Jumahi), and Musa bin Ismail are both trustworthy and firmly reliable.Haythami said in Majma al-Zawaid (2/325), "Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are trustworthy."