حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ الْمُعْتَمِرِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام قَالَ کُنَّا فِي جَنَازَةٍ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِبَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَجَائَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَلَسَ وَمَعَهُ مِخْصَرَةٌ فَجَعَلَ يَنْکُتُ بِالْمِخْصَرَةِ فِي الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْکُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ إِلَّا کَتَبَ اللَّهُ مَکَانَهَا مِنْ النَّارِ أَوْ مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا قَدْ کُتِبَتْ شَقِيَّةً أَوْ سَعِيدَةً قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا نَمْکُثُ عَلَی کِتَابِنَا وَنَدَعُ الْعَمَلَ فَمَنْ کَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ لَيَکُونَنَّ إِلَی السَّعَادَةِ وَمَنْ کَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّقْوَةِ لَيَکُونَنَّ إِلَی الشِّقْوَةِ قَالَ اعْمَلُوا فَکُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ أَمَّا أَهْلُ السَّعَادَةِ فَيُيَسَّرُونَ لِلسَّعَادَةِ وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ الشِّقْوَةِ فَيُيَسَّرُونَ لِلشِّقْوَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَی وَاتَّقَی وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَی فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَی وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَی وَکَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَی فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَی
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4694
Ali said: We attended a funeral at Baql’ al-Gharqad which was also attended by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and sat down. He had a stick (in his hand) by which he began to scratch up the ground. He then raised his head and said: The place which every one of you and every soul of you will occupy in Hell or in Paradise has been recorded, and destined wicked or blesses. A man from among the people asked: Prophet of Allah! Should we not then trust simply in what has been recorded for us and abandon (doing good) deeds? Those who are among the number of the blessed will be inclined to blessing, and those of us who are among the number of the wicked will be inclined to wickedness. He replied: Go on doing good actions, for everyone is helped to do that for which he was created. Those who are among the number of wicked will be helped to do wicked deeds. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ then recited: “So he who gives (in charity) and fears (Allah), and in all sincerity testifies to the best, we will indeed make smooth for him the path to bliss. But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient, and gives the lie to the best, We will indeed make smooth for him the path of misery. ”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020