Hadith #155
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّ
هُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ أَوْ قِيلَ لَهُ أَيُعْرَفُ أَهْلُ النَّارِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَلِمَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَامِلُونَ قَالَ يَعْمَلُ كُلٌّ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ أَوْ لِمَا يُسِّرَ لَهُ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة وحجاج
شعبة
يزيد الرشك
مطرفا يحدث
عمران بن حصين
النبي صلى الل
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us: Shu‘bah narrated to us. And Hajjāj said: Shu‘bah informed us, from Yazīd al-Rishk, who said: I heard Mutarrif narrating from ‘Imrān ibn Husayn, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he was asked — or it was said to him: Can the people of Paradise be known from the people of the Fire? He said: Yes. He was asked: Then why do people strive? He said: Everyone works toward what he was created for — or toward what has been made easy for him.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 37, Hadith 155
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18993
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55383