166 hadith
A child died and I said, "How fortunate he is, a sparrow among the sparrows of Paradise." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not know that Allah created Paradise and created the Fire, and He created people for this one and people for…
الأعظمي 8249SahihA child passed away, so I said, "How blessed he is, a sparrow from the sparrows of Paradise." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you not know that Allah created Paradise and created the Fire, and He created people for this one and people…
مسلم 6767SahihImran bin Husayn said to me, "What do you think about what people do today and toil in? Is it something already decreed and determined for them by a prior decree, or is it something they will face from what their Prophet brought them, by…
مسلم 6739SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Allah [[r4]] created Adam, then took forth his offspring from his back and said, 'These are in Paradise, and I do not mind, and these are in the Fire, and I do not mind.'" Someone asked, "Messenger of…
أحمد 17660DifficultI asked, "Messenger of Allah, are our deeds based on what the Pen has already recorded and what destiny has already decreed, or do they concern matters yet to come?" He replied, "Rather, they are based on what the Pen has already recorded…
ابن ماجه 91SahihHe said to his son, "My son, you will never taste the true essence of faith until you know that what has befallen you could never have missed you, and what has missed you could never have befallen you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say,…
الأعظمي 992Hasan"My son, you will never taste the true reality of faith until you know that what has befallen you could never have missed you, and what has missed you could never have befallen you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The first thing…
الأعظمي 8195HasanImran bin Husayn said to me, "Tell me, this work that people do today and toil at, is it something already decreed for them, settled upon them by a destiny that went before, or is it something they meet as they go forward, based on what…
الأعظمي 13732SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trustworthy, told us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days. Then he becomes a clinging clot for a similar period. Then he becomes a lump of flesh for a…
أحمد 3624SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the truthful and the trusted, told us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a clinging clot for the same period, then a lump of flesh for the same…
الأعظمي 12823SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There are five things that none knows except Allah, *'Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, sends down the rain, and knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul…
الأعظمي 13014HasanA boy from the Ansar was brought to the Prophet ﷺ for him to perform the funeral prayer over. Ayesha said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, how blessed is this child! He committed no evil and never knew it.'" He replied, "Or it could be…
أبو داود 4713SahihImran 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…
الأعظمي 1016SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the truthful and the trusted, narrated to us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then he becomes a lump of…
الترمذي 2137SahihUbada bin Samit said to his son, "My son, you will never taste the true reality of faith until you know that what has befallen you was never going to miss you, and what has missed you was never going to befall you. I heard the Messenger of…
أبو داود 4700SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "I have been given the keys to everything except five. *Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows…
أحمد 5579SahihI went early one day to Imran bin Husayn, and he said, "Abu Aswad," and then he related the hadith, that a man from Juhayna, or from Mazina, came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "Messenger of Allah, tell me about what people do today and strive…
أحمد 19936SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trustworthy, told us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then a lump of flesh for a similar…
الأعظمي 8254SahihThe Prophet ﷺ planted a stick in the ground in front of him, then planted another beside it, then planted a third farther away. He asked, "Do you know what this is?" They replied, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "This is man,…
الأعظمي 15221HasanSuraqa bin Jashum came and said, "Messenger of Allah, explain our religion to us as though we were just created today. What is action for? Is it for something the pens have already dried upon and the decrees have already run their course…
الأعظمي 1015SahihWe met Abdullah bin Umar and mentioned to him the question of divine decree and what people were saying about it. The first person to speak about divine decree in Basra was Mabad Juhani. So I and Humayd bin Abdul-Rahman Himyari set out on…
أبو داود 4696SahihUmar bin Khattab was asked about this verse, *"And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants, and made them bear witness concerning themselves, 'Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yes, we bear…
مالك 1716DaifWe were at a funeral in the cemetery of Gharqad when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and sat down, and we sat around him. He had a small stick with him. He lowered his head and began poking at the ground with the stick. Then he said,…
الأعظمي 13740SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trusted, told us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days. Then he becomes a clinging clot for the same period, then a lump of flesh for the same period. Then…
الأعظمي 1000SahihSuraqa bin Malik bin Jushum came and said, "Messenger of Allah, explain our religion to us as if we were created just now. In what does action lie today? Is it in what the pens have dried upon and the decrees have been set, or in what we…
مسلم 6735SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The first thing Allah created was the Pen. He took it in His right hand, and both of His hands are right hands." He continued, "Then He wrote down the world and all that would occur in it of deeds,…
الأعظمي 8197HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trustworthy, told us that the creation of each one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty days or forty nights, then becomes a clinging clot for a like period, then becomes a lump of…
البخاري 7454SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you the one who creates it? Are you the one who provides for it? Leave it in its place, for it was already decreed."
أحمد 11909DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trustworthy, told us, "The creation of each one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty days and forty nights. Then he becomes a clot of blood for a similar period, then a lump of flesh…
الأعظمي 540SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the truthful and the trusted, said, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then a lump of flesh for a similar…
أبو داود 4708SahihAli [[r1]] took me by the hand and we walked along together until we sat down on the bank of the Furat. Then Ali [[r1]] said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no soul brought into being but that Allah has already decreed for it…
أحمد 1349SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was invited to the funeral of a young boy from the Ansar. I said, "Messenger of Allah, how blessed is this child, a sparrow from the sparrows of Paradise. He committed no evil and did not live to encounter it." He…
ابن ماجه 82SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trusted, told us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a clinging clot for the same period, then a lump of flesh for the same period. Then…
البخاري 3208SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trusted, told us, "Each one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then a lump of flesh for a similar period.…
مسلم 6723SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was invited to the funeral of a young boy from the Ansar. I said, "Messenger of Allah, blessed is this child, a sparrow among the sparrows of Paradise. He did no evil and never lived to encounter it." He replied,…
مسلم 6768SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting one day with a stick in his hand, scratching at the ground with it. He raised his head and said, "There is not one of you whose place in Paradise or in the Fire has not already been known." They said,…
أحمد 621SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was invited to the funeral of a young boy from the Ansar. I said, "Messenger of Allah, blessed is this one, a sparrow from the sparrows of Paradise. He neither encountered evil nor did it." He replied, "Or it could be…
أحمد 25742SahihWhile we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he was scratching the ground with a stick. Then he raised his head toward the sky and said, "There is not one among you whose place in the Fire and place in Paradise has not already been known,"…
الترمذي 2136SahihWe were with the Prophet ﷺ at a funeral when he began poking the ground with a stick. He said, "There is not one of you whose place in Paradise or in the Hellfire has not already been determined." They asked, "Should we not then rely on…
الأعظمي 14752SahihThe Prophet ﷺ said, "When the deceased is placed in his grave, he hears the sound of their sandals as they turn away from him. If he was a believer, the prayer stands at his head, fasting at his right, zakat at his left, and his good deeds…
الأعظمي 3860HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The first thing Allah the Exalted created was the Pen. He took it in His right hand, and both of His hands are right hands." He continued, "Then He wrote down the world and all that would occur within…
الأعظمي 994HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trusted, narrated to us, saying, "Each one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty days," or he said, "forty nights." Waki said, "Forty nights." "Then he becomes a clinging clot for the…
أحمد 4091SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trusted, told us, "Each one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then becomes a clinging clot for the same period, then becomes a lump of flesh for the same period. Then Allah…
البخاري 3332SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is not one of you but his seat is shown to him morning and evening. If he is among the people of Paradise, then from the people of Paradise, and if he is among the people of the Fire, then from the…
أحمد 4658SahihYour Prophet ﷺ was given the keys to everything except five things, *"Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in…
الأعظمي 13013HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There are five things that none knows but Allah Almighty," *"Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, sends down the rain, and knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and…
أحمد 22986DifficultA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Muhammad, tell me, if Paradise is as wide as the heavens and the earth, then where is the Fire?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Tell me, when night covers everything, where does the day go?" The man said,…
الأعظمي 16258SahihWe were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ at a funeral, at Baqi al-Gharqad, I believe he said. He began poking at the ground, then raised his head and said, "There is not one of you whose place in Paradise and whose place in the Fire has not…
أحمد 1110SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting one day with a stick in his hand, scratching at the ground with it. Then he raised his head and said, "There is not one soul among you whose place in Paradise or in the Fire is not already known." They…
مسلم 6733SahihWe were at a funeral in Baqi al-Gharqad when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us. He sat down and we sat around him. He had a small staff with him. He lowered his head and began scratching at the ground with his staff, then said, "There is…
مسلم 6731SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the truthful and trusted, narrated to us, saying, "Each one of you is gathered together in his mother's womb for forty days, then becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then becomes a lump of flesh…
البخاري 6594SahihUmar bin Khattab was asked about this verse, *"And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins"*. The narrator said that Qanabi recited the verse. Umar said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about it, and…
أبو داود 4703DaifOne day Umar asked the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, "Concerning what do you think this verse was revealed, *"Would any of you like to have a garden"* [Baqarah 2:266]?" They replied, "Allah knows best." Umar became angry and said, "Say…
الأعظمي 12032SahihUmar bin Khattab [[r1]] was asked about this verse, *"And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants"* [Araf 7:172]. Umar [[r1]] said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ being asked about it, and the…
أحمد 311DifficultA man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, "Messenger of Allah, do we initiate our deeds, or has the matter already been decreed?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Allah [[r4]] took the offspring of Adam from his loins and made them testify…
الأعظمي 209HasanI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the truthful and trusted, say, "The creation of each one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty nights, then it becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then a lump of flesh for a similar…
أحمد 3934SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us and delivered a speech in which he informed us about the beginning of creation, continuing until the people of Paradise had entered their dwellings and the people of the Fire had entered theirs.…
الأعظمي 15745SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a square for us, then drew a line in the middle of it, and another line extending outside the square, with several smaller lines on either side of the one in the middle. He said, "This is the son of Adam, and…
الترمذي 2454SahihWe were with the Prophet ﷺ at Baqi al-Gharqad for a funeral when he said, "There is not one of you whose place in Paradise and whose place in the Fire has not already been written." They said, "Messenger of Allah, then should we not simply…
البخاري 4945SahihWe were at a funeral in Baqee al-Gharqad when the Prophet ﷺ came to us and sat down, and we sat around him. He had a small stick with him, and he lowered his head and began scratching the ground with it. Then he said, "There is not one of…
الأعظمي 1013Sahih