What Allah has decreed beforehand for His servants, and the people of Paradise and the people of the Fire

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty created Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), He struck his right shoulder and brought out his offspring, white in colour like tiny ants; then He struck his left shoulder and brought out his offspring, black in colour, who were like charcoal. Then Allah Almighty said about those on the right side: 'These will go to Paradise, and I do not care.' And about those who were in the left palm He said: 'These will go to Hell, and I do not care.'"
Ahmad, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Abu Nadrah relates: One of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was called Abu Abdullah, was visited by his students who came to see him during his illness, and he was weeping. The people asked him: "Why are you weeping? Did not the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say to you: 'Keep your moustache trimmed, then keep it that way until you come to meet me'?" That man replied: "Yes, but I also heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Indeed Allah Almighty took some people in His right hand and other people in the other hand, and said: "These are for this (that is, Paradise), and these are for that (that is, Hell), and I do not care."' (Then that Companion said:) I do not know in which of the two handfuls I was."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Qatadah al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah Almighty created Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), then took the creation (that is, mankind) from his back and said: 'These will go to Paradise, and I do not care; and these (others) will go to Hell, and I do not care.'" A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, then on what basis should we act?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Act) in accordance with the way the decree (of destiny) falls."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty took (mankind) in a handful and said: 'These are for Paradise, by My mercy.' Then He took (other people) in another handful and said: 'These are for Hell, and I do not care.'"
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains al-Hakam bin Sinan al-Bahili. Abu Hatim says: "He has many errors (wahm); he is not strong, yet his standing is that of truthfulness (sidq), and his hadith may be written down." The majority declared him da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Allah Almighty created Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), He took his clay in a grasp; He took it in two handfuls, some in the right handful and some in the left. About the people of the right handful He said: 'These will go to Paradise, and I do not care.' And about the people of the other hand He said: 'These people will go to Hell, and I do not care.' Then Allah Almighty put these people back into the loins of Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), and to this day they are being born generation after generation on that basis."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Rawh bin al-Musayyab. Yahya bin Ma'in says: "He is suwaylih (somewhat acceptable)," and others declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Allah Almighty said about the two handfuls: "These (the people of one handful) will go to Paradise, and I do not care; and these (the people of the other handful) will go to Hell, and I do not care."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Namir bin Hilal, whom Abu Hatim declared thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Allah Almighty said about the two handfuls: 'These people are for this (that is, Paradise), and these people are for that (that is, Hell).'" The narrator says: Then the people dispersed, and they did not dispute about the decree (al-qadar).
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir; the narrators of al-Bazzar are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, do we begin our deeds anew, or are they according to a decree already settled?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah Almighty brought out the offspring of Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) from his back, then made them bear witness about themselves, then placed them in His two hands (the narrator is in doubt; perhaps the words are:) placed them on His palm, and said: 'These people will go to Paradise and these (others) will go to Hell.' As for the people of Paradise, the deeds of the people of Paradise will be made easy for them; and as for the people of Hell, the deeds of the people of Hell will be made easy for them."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Baqiyyah bin al-Walid, who is da'if (weak), but his hadith is graded hasan (good) due to the abundance of supporting narrations (shawahid), and the chain of al-Tabarani is hasan (good).

It is reported about Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him): When the time of his death drew near, he began to weep. His companion said to him: "Why are you weeping?" He said: "By Allah, I am not weeping out of anxiety about death, nor because of leaving the world behind me; but I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'There were only two handfuls: (the people of) one handful are to go to Hell, and (the people of) one (that is, the other) handful are to go to Paradise.'" Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Now I do not know in which of the two handfuls I will be."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains al-Bara' bin Abdullah al-Ghanawi, who is da'if (weak), and the narrator named al-Hasan did not meet Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrates few hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), relates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty brought out the offspring of Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) from his back until they filled the earth, and they were like this." Here the narrator named Ja'far joined one of his two hands with the other.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Ja'far bin al-Zubayr, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) relates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, spread out his right hand and said: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is a writing from Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In it are the names of the people of Paradise, and the names of their forefathers, their tribes and their clans. Nothing will be added to them, and nothing will be reduced from them." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) spread out his left hand and said: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is a writing from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, concerning the people of Hell. In it are their names and the names of their forefathers, their tribes and their clans. Nothing will be added to them, and nothing will be reduced from them."
Al-Tabarani recorded it as a narration of Ibn Mujahid from his father; I do not know Ibn Mujahid, and the remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Busr (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: While delivering a sermon to us, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spread out his right hand, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) closed that fist and said: "In this are the names of the people of Paradise, the names of their forefathers and their tribes. Nothing will be added to them and nothing will be reduced until the Day of Resurrection." Then he spread out his left hand, then closed it and said: "These are the names of the people of Hell, the names of their forefathers and the names of their tribes. Nothing will be added to them and nothing will be reduced until the Day of Resurrection. (Some) people of felicity are made to walk the path of the wretched, until it is said: 'He is one of them (the wretched),' whereas they are of the others (that is, the fortunate). Then felicity overtakes them and brings them out of the path of wretchedness. Likewise, a person from among the wretched is made to walk the path of felicity, until it is said: 'He is one of them (that is, the fortunate),' but he is of the others (that is, the wretched). Wretchedness then overtakes him and brings him out of the path of felicity." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Everyone is facilitated towards that for which he was created."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Abd al-Rahman bin Ayyub al-Sakuni, who narrated other narrations besides this one. About him al-Uqayli said: "His hadith is not corroborated (la yutaba')." Al-Dhahabi declared him da'if (weak) on his own account. The chain of this narration also contains Baqiyyah, about whom criticism has been made apart from this hadith as well.

Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, with two scrolls in his hands, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was looking at them. His Companions said: "By Allah, the Prophet of Allah is unlettered; he neither reads nor writes." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came near them, spread out what was in his (right) hand and said (it contains this writing): "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is a writing from the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In it are the names of the people of Paradise, and of their forefathers and their clans. It is fixed for them; nothing will be added at its end. This is something your Lord has finished with." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said words like these for the people of Hell about what was in his other hand.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains al-Hudhayl bin Bilal, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed Allah Almighty created Paradise and created people for it, with their clans and their (tribes also specified). Nothing will be added to these people and nothing will be reduced from them. He created Hell and created people for it, (specified by the names of) their clans and tribes. Nothing will be added to them and nothing will be reduced from them." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, then why should deeds be done?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do deeds, for everyone is facilitated towards that for which he was created."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Bakkar bin Muhammad al-Sirini, whom Yahya bin Ma'in declared thiqah (trustworthy) while the majority declared him da'if (weak); and Abbad bin Ali al-Sirini was declared da'if (weak) by al-Azdi. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Hadiths of this kind will come in the chapter which states that everyone is facilitated towards that for which he was created.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) relates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The people of this tribe of Quraysh will continue to remain in a state of security until they are turned away from their religion by those who are our equal kin." The narrator says: A man from Quraysh stood up before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, will I go to Paradise or will I go to Hell?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will go to Paradise." The narrator says: Then another man stood up before him and said: "Will I go to Paradise or will I go to Hell?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You will go to Hell." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As long as I do not tell you something, you too remain silent towards me. Were it not for the fear that you would stop burying one another, I would tell you about those leading people of yours who are among the people of Hell, so that you would recognise them at the time of death. And if I am commanded to do so, I will do it."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Layth bin Abi Sulaym, who is a mudallis; the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out in a state of anger. Addressing the people, he said: "Whatever you ask about today, I will tell you about it." The narrator says: We thought that Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) was with him. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: After that he mentioned the full hadith, in which further on are these words: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, we are people who have only recently left the days of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), so do not expose our faults before us. Pardon us; may Allah Almighty pardon you."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.