عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ الدِّيلِيِّ قَالَ: غَدَوْتُ عَلَى عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَوْمًا مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْأَسْوَدِ! فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَوْ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَرَأَيْتَ مَا يَعْمَلُ النَّاسُ الْيَوْمَ وَيَكْدَحُونَ فِيهِ، شَيْءٌ قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ مَضَى عَلَيْهِمْ فِي قَدَرٍ قَدْ سَبَقَ أَوْ فِيمَا يُسْتَقْبَلُونَ مِمَّا أَتَاهُمْ بِهِ نَبِيُّهُمْ وَاتُّخِذَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ حُجَّةٌ؟ قَالَ: ((بَلْ شَيْءٌ قُضِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَمَضَى عَلَيْهِمْ)) قَالَ: فَلِمَ يَعْمَلُونَ إِذًا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قَالَ: ((مَنْ كَانَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَهُ لِوَاحِدَةٍ مِنَ الْمَنْزِلَتَيْنِ يُهَيِّئُهُ لِعَمَلِهَا، وَتَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا}))
Abu Aswad Daili (may Allah have mercy on him) says: One morning I went to Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "O Abu Aswad," then he narrated the entire hadith. In it, it is mentioned: Indeed, a man from the tribe of Juhaina or Muzaina came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! The actions and efforts that people are performing these days upon the teachings brought by their Prophet, and through which the proof has been established against them, is this something that has already been decided in destiny, or is it happening anew?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is something that has already been decided and is being carried out upon those people." He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Then why are people acting?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty, for whomever He has created for one of the two destinations, He also prepares him for the actions leading to it." The confirmation of this is in the Book of Allah in this verse: «فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا» Then He inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness. (Surah Ash-Shams: 8)