حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ
خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ ، قَالَ : " قُلْتُ
لِلْحَسَنِ : يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ آدَمَ أَلِلسَّمَاءِ خُلِقَ أَمْ لِلْأَرْضِ ؟ قَالَ : لَا بَلْ لِلْأَرْضِ ، قُلْتُ : أَرَأَيْتَ لَوِ اعْتَصَمَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ ، قَالَ : لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مِنْهُ بُدٌّ ، قُلْتُ : أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى : مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَاتِنِينَ { 162 } إِلا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِيمِ { 163 } سورة الصافات آية 162-163 ، قَالَ : إِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَا يَفْتِنُونَ بِضَلَالَتِهِمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَحِيمَ " .
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.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
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The tribulation of denying predestination (qadar) first began in Basrah, and Hasan al-Basri rahimahullah is a well-known Tabi‘i. People became suspicious about him, thinking perhaps he too denied predestination.
But there was no such thing.
Imam Abu Dawud, in the following narrations, refutes this accusation against him, showing that he had complete faith in predestination.
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Entering Hell is obligatory in the sense that Allah already knows who will enter Hell.
This certain knowledge has been referred to as obligation (wujub).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4614