حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّائِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ آدَمَ أَلِلسَّمَائِ خُلِقَ أَمْ لِلْأَرْضِ قَالَ لَا بَلْ لِلْأَرْضِ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ اعْتَصَمَ فَلَمْ يَأْکُلْ مِنْ الشَّجَرَةِ قَالَ لَمْ يَکُنْ لَهُ مِنْهُ بُدٌّ قُلْتُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَی مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَاتِنِينَ إِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَا يَفْتِنُونَ بِضَلَالَتِهِمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَحِيمَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4614
Khalid al-Hadhdha said: I said to al-Hasan: Abu Saeed, tell me about Adam. Was he created for the heaven or the earth? He said: No, for the earth. I said: It was unavoidable for him. I said: Tell me about the following verse of the Quran: ”can lead (any) into temptation concerning Allah, except such as are (themselves) going to blazing fire. ” He said: The devils do not lead anyone astray by their temptation except the one whom Allah destined to go to Hell.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020