Hadith #197
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يَعْنِي الْحَدَّادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ ذِي اللِّحْيَةِ الْكِلَابِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَعْمَلُ فِي أَمْرٍ مُسْتَأْنَفٍ أَوْ أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَا بَلْ فِي أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَفِيمَ نَعْمَلُ إِذًا قَالَ اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ
Isnad Chain
عبد الله
يحيى بن معين
أبو عبيدة ي
الحداد
عبد العزيز بن مسلم
يزيد بن أبي منصور
ذي اللحية الكلابي
English Translation
ʿAbdullāh narrated to us, Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn narrated to us, he said: Abū ʿUbaydah — meaning al-Ḥaddād — narrated to us, he said: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muslim narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Manṣūr, from Dhū al-Liḥyah al-Kilābī, that he said: O Messenger of Allāh, do we act in a matter that is newly initiated, or in a matter already decreed? He said: No, rather in a matter already decreed. He said: Then why do we act? He said: Act, for everyone is facilitated toward that for which he was created.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 197
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16035
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52425