أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ الدُّؤَلِيُّ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Do you see what people are doing today, toiling and striving for something that has already been decreed upon them, or that has already passed, or for what they will face in the future, based on what their Prophet has brought to them, and you have presented your evidence to them?" He ﷺ replied, "Rather, it is something that has already been decreed upon them and has already passed." The man then asked, "So why do they still do it?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever Allah has created for a particular position and has facilitated it for him, then fulfilling that role is the means of affirming that in the book of Allah, 'By the soul and He who proportioned it, and inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness.'"  

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا يَعْمَلُ النَّاسُ الْيَوْمَ وَيَكْدَحُونَ فِيهِ أَشَيْءٌ قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ مَضَى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ قَدَرٍ قَدْ سَبَقَ أَوْ فِيمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُونَهُ مِمَّا أَتَاهُمْ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُمْ وَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُجَّةَ؟ قَالَ «بَلْ شَيْءٌ قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَضَى عَلَيْهِمْ» قَالَ فَلِمَ يَعْمَلُونَ إِذًا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ خَلَقَهُ اللهُ لِوَاحِدَةٍ مِنَ الْمَنْزِلَتَيْنِ وَفَّقَهُ لِعَمَلِهَا قَالَ تَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ {وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا}