حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ هُوَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَعَلَی مَا نَعْمَلُ عَلَی شَيْئٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ أَوْ عَلَی شَيْئٍ لَمْ يُفْرَغْ مِنْهُ قَالَ بَلْ عَلَی شَيْئٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الْأَقْلَامُ يَا عُمَرُ وَلَکِنْ کُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3111
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: that 'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: When this Ayah was revealed: Some among them will be wretches and (others) blessed (11:105). I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'O Prophet of Allah! Based upon what are we then working; something that has already finished or something that has not yet happened?' He said: 'Rather something that has happened, and the Pens have already passed over it O 'Umar! But for everyone, what he has been created for is made easy.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020