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tabarani:6588Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > ʿAṭāʾ b. Muslim > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Surāqah b. Mālik

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, is one's deed in that which has already dried of the Pen and what has passed of the Divine Decree, or is it in the future?' He said: 'No, it is in that which he already dried of the Pen and what has passed of the Divine Decree, and each person is facilitated for what he has been created.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 91)   

الطبراني:٦٥٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا عَطَاءُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ سُرَاقَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَعْمَلُ عَلَى مَا قَدْ جَفَّ بِهِ الْقَلَمُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ أَوْ لِأَمْرٍ مُسْتَقْبَلٍ؟ قَالَ «يَا سُرَاقَةُ اعْمَلْ لِمَا جَفَّ بِهِ الْقَلَمُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ فَإِنَّ كَلًّا مُيَسَّرٌ»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī
ibnmajah:91Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAṭāʾ b. Muslim al-Khaffāf > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Surāqah b. Juʿshum

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, is one's deed in that which has already dried of the Pen and what has passed of the Divine Decree, or is it in the future?' He said: 'No, it is in that which he already dried of the Pen and what has passed of the Divine Decree, and each person is facilitated for what he has been created.'"  

ابن ماجة:٩١حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْخَفَّافُ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ سُرَاقَةَ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْعَمَلُ فِيمَا جَفَّ بِهِ الْقَلَمُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ أَوْ فِي أَمْرٍ مُسْتَقْبَلٍ قَالَ بَلْ فِيمَا جَفَّ بِهِ الْقَلَمُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ وَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ  

tabarani:10899ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl > Ibrāhīm b. Sulaymān al-Dabbās > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man said to the Messenger of Allah, "Shall we act according to what has been decreed and rely on it, or should we depend on something we strive for?" He said, "No, rather act according to what has been decreed, for the pens have dried." He said, "Then what is the point of striving?" He said, "Act, for everyone will be facilitated (in their actions)."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الدَّبَّاسُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَعْمَلُ فِيمَا جَرَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ وَجَفَّ بِهِ الْقَلَمُ أَوْ شَيْءٌ نَأْتَنِفُهُ؟ قَالَ «بَلْ لِمَا جَرَتْ بِهِ الْمَقَادِيرُ وَجَفَّ بِهِ الْقَلَمُ» قَالَ فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلُ؟ قَالَ «اعْمَلْ فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ»