The Prophet ﷺ said, "Everything has a reality, and no servant attains the reality of faith until he knows that what has befallen him could not have missed him, and what has missed him could not have befallen him."
عن النبي ﷺ قال: لكل شيء حقيقة، وما بلغ عبد حقيقة الإيمان حتى يعلم أن ما أصابه لم يكن ليخطئه، وما أخطأه لم يكن ليصيبه.
Imam Ahmad narrated it (27490) from Hushaym, who said, Abu Rabi told us, from Yunus, from Abu Idris, from Abu Darda, and he mentioned something similar. Bayhaqi narrated it by this route in Qadr wal-Qadar (2/430). Ibn Abu Asim narrated it in Sunnah (246) from Hisham bin Ammar, Sulayman bin Utba Abu Rabi told us, with his chain, similarly. Its chain is hasan because of Abu Rabi, for there is disagreement about him, but he is hasan al-hadith. See the hadith of Abu Darda, "Everyone is made easy for what he was created for." Haythami said in Majma (7/197), "Ahmad and Tabarani narrated it, and its men are trustworthy." I say, Bazzar also narrated it, in Kashf Astar (33), by another route from Yunus bin Maysara bin Halbas, with his chain, similarly. Firyabi narrated it by this route in Qadr (200). Bazzar said, its chain is hasan.On this subject there is also a report from Khabab bin Arat in a long hadith, which includes, "Know that what befell you was not going to miss you, and what missed you was not going to befall you." Tabarani narrated it in Kabir (4/93), and Bayhaqi in Qadr wal-Qadar (2/431), both from the hadith of Hisham bin Ammar, Walid bin Muslim told us, Munir bin Zubayr told us, that he heard Ubada bin Nusai relating to Ibn Khabab bin Arat, and he mentioned something similar. In the chain is Munir bin Zubayr Shami Abu Dharr Azdi, who is daif, as stated in Taqrib.On this subject there is also what is reported from Ibn Masud as a raised hadith, "A servant does not taste the flavor of faith until he knows that what befell him was not going to miss him, and what missed him was not going to befall him, and until he believes in destiny, both its good and its evil." Bayhaqi narrated it in Qadr wal-Qadar (2/433), and in it is Abdul-Ala, who is Ibn Abu Musawir Zuhri, their freedman, who is discarded, Ibn Main declared him a liar.On this subject there is also a report from Jabir as a raised hadith, "A servant does not believe until he believes in destiny, both its good and its evil, until he knows that what befell him was not going to miss him, and what missed him was not going to befall him." Tirmidhi narrated it (2144) from Abu Khattab Ziyad bin Yahya Basri, who said, Abdullah bin Maymun told us, from Jafar bin Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir, and he mentioned something similar. Tirmidhi said, "This is a rare hadith from the hadith of Jabir, and we do not know it except through the hadith of Abdullah bin Maymun, and Abdullah bin Maymun's hadith is objectionable." I say, it is as he said, for Abdullah bin Maymun is Qaddah Makhzumi, about whom Bukhari said, "His hadith is discarded." Abu Hatim said, "It is not permissible to cite him as evidence." Ibn Hajar said in Taqrib, "His hadith is objectionable, discarded."Likewise, what is reported from Ibn Umar is not sound, that he said, Umm Salama said, "Messenger of Allah, every year you still suffer some pain from the poisoned sheep that you ate." He said, "Nothing befalls me from it except that it was written upon me while Adam was still in his clay." Ibn Majah narrated it (3546) from Yahya bin Uthman bin Saeed bin Kathir bin Dinar Himsi, who said, Baqiyya told us, who said, Abu Bakr Ansi told us, from Yazid bin Abu Habib, and Muhammad bin Yazid, the two Egyptians, who said, Nafi told us, from Ibn Umar, who said, and he mentioned something similar. Firyabi narrated it in Qadr (419), and Lalikai in Usul Itiqad (1098), by two other routes from Baqiyya with his chain, similarly. Its chain is daif because of Abu Bakr Ansi, with the nun, for he is unknown, and he has objectionable hadiths, as Ibn Adi said in Kamil. But Ibn Hajar said in Taqrib, "I reckon he is Ibn Abu Maryam." I say, if he is Ibn Abu Maryam, that is Abu Bakr bin Abdullah bin Abu Maryam Ghassani Shami, then he is even weaker than that, for Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud spoke against him. Abu Zura, Abu Hatim, Nasai, and others said, his hadith is daif. Ibn Hibban said, "He was among the best people of Sham, but his memory was poor, he would narrate something inconsistently, and this happened from him so much that he deserved to be abandoned."