Hadith #409
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُبَادَةَ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ أَتَخَايَلُ فِيهِ الْمَوْتَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ أَوْصِنِي وَاجْتَهِدْ لِي فَقَالَ أَجْلِسُونِي قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَطْعَمَ طَعْمَ الْإِيمَانِ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغْ حَقَّ حَقِيقَةِ الْعِلْمِ بِاللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَر
ِّهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ فَكَيْفَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَمَ مَا خَيْرُ الْقَدَرِ وَشَرُّهُ قَالَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ وَمَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى الْقَلَمُ ثُمَّ قَالَ اكْتُبْ فَجَرَى فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنْ مِتَّ وَلَسْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ
Isnad Chain
أبو العلاء الحسن بن سوار
معاوية
أيوب بن زياد
عبادة بن الوليد بن عبادة
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that when his son al-Walid came to visit him while he was ill and near death, he said: 'O my son, how can I know what is good in the divine decree and what is evil?' He said: 'Know that what has missed you was never going to reach you, and what has reached you was never going to miss you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The first thing Allah created was the Pen, then He said to it: "Write." It said: "What shall I write?" He said: "Write what is going to happen and what will be, until the Hour is established."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 41, Hadith 409
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 21647
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-58037