Reports on those who deny divine decree, their arguments, and the heretics

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The one who is disobedient (to his parents), the habitual drinker of wine and the one who denies destiny (qadar) will not enter Paradise."
Ahmad, al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani recorded it, and he added the words: "nor the one who reminds others of his favours." Its chain contains a narrator, Sulayman bin Utbah al-Dimashqi, whom Abu Hatim and others declared thiqah (trustworthy), while Yahya bin Ma'in and others called him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Soon there will be transformation (the punishment of being transformed into animals) in this Ummah. Beware! It will be among those who deny destiny (qadar) and among the heretics (zanadiqah)."
Ahmad recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Rishdin bin Sa'd, in whom weakness predominates.

Nafi' says: Once we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a man came to him and said: "So-and-so sends you his greetings of peace" (he said this about a man from the people of Syria). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "It has reached me that he has adopted a new position (an innovation). If that is so, then do not convey my greetings of peace to him. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Soon there will be (the punishment of) transformation and pelting with stones in my Ummah, and that (punishment) will be among the heretics (zanadiqah).'"
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whenever there is heresy (zandaqah), it is preceded by the denial of destiny (qadar)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Ibrahim bin A'yan, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I fear three things for my Ummah: seeking rain by the stars, the injustice of the ruler (i.e. those in authority), and denying destiny (qadar)."
Ahmad, Abu Ya'la and al-Bazzar recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded it in all three of his books; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Qasim al-Asadi, whom Yahya bin Ma'in declared thiqah (trustworthy), whom Ahmad called a liar, and whom the rest of the imams declared da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear five things for my Ummah: denying destiny (qadar), believing in the stars."
Abu Ya'la recorded it in this way, limiting it to two of the five things; its chain contains a narrator, Yazid al-Raqashi, who is da'if (weak), though Ibn Adi declared him thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What I fear most for my Ummah is that at the end of its time (there will be among them) the stars (believing in their influence), denying destiny (qadar), and the injustice of the ruler."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Layth bin Abi Sulaym, who is layyin (soft, weak), and the rest of its narrators have been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The destruction of my Ummah will be because of three things: tribal partisanship ('asabiyyah), denying destiny (qadar), and narrating from unreliable people."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Harun bin Harun, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I fear three things for my Ummah: the slip of a scholar, a hypocrite's arguing on the basis of the Qur'an, and the denial of destiny (qadar)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Mu'awiyah bin Yahya al-Sadafi, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Destiny (qadar) was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Ummah will continue to hold firmly to its religion as long as they do not deny destiny. When they deny destiny, then at that time will be their destruction."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; the narrator Abu al-Bakarat is a Tabi'i whom I do not know, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Since Allah Almighty sent Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) down from the heaven to the earth, polytheism (shirk) has only occurred after destiny (qadar) was first denied, and no nation ever fell into polytheism except through denying destiny. O Ummah! You too will be tested with it. When you meet such people, be the ones who ask questions, and do not give them the chance to raise questions, otherwise they will introduce doubts among you."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Salm bin Salim, whom the majority of the imams declared da'if (weak), such as Ahmad, Ibn al-Mubarak and the imams after them; Ibn Adi says: "I hope there is no harm in him."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No nation was ever destroyed except because of believing in the stars, and the beginning of its falling into polytheism (shirk) was always through denying destiny (qadar)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; however, in it he recorded these words: "No nation was ever destroyed until it associated partners with Allah, and no nation ever associated partners with Allah until the beginning of its polytheism was the denial of destiny." Its chain contains a narrator, Umar bin Yazid al-Nasri, who was from Banu Nasr, whom Ibn Hibban declared da'if (weak); he says: "He may be considered (as supporting evidence)."

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever prophet Allah Almighty sent, there were in his nation people of the Qadariyyah sect and people of the Murji'ah sect, who threw the affair of his nation into confusion. And Allah Almighty has cursed the Qadariyyah and the Murji'ah (sects) on the tongues of seventy prophets."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Baqiyyah bin al-Walid, who is layyin (soft, weak), and a narrator, Yazid bin Husayn, whom I do not know.

Muhammad bin Ubayd relates about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): It was said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "A man has come to us who denies destiny (qadar)." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Take me to this man!" The narrator says: He had become blind by that time. A man asked: "O Ibn Abbas! What will you do with him?" He said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, if I get hold of him, I will cut off his nose, and if my hand reaches his neck, I will break his neck. For I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'It is as if I see the women of Banu Fihr circling around al-Khazraj, their bodies swaying as they commit polytheism (shirk). This will be the first polytheism in this Ummah. By the One in whose Hand is my soul, the corruption of these people's opinion will carry them on until they exclude Allah Almighty from having decreed good, just as they had earlier excluded Allah Almighty from having decreed evil.'"
Ahmad recorded it through two routes; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Ubayd al-Makki, whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy) and Abu Hatim declared da'if (weak). In the chain of one of these two narrations there is a narrator who is not named, and in the other chain he named him al-Ala' bin al-Hajjaj, whom al-Azdi declared da'if (weak). In the "Musnad" he stated: Muhammad bin Ubayd heard from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Sa'id bin Jubayr says: I was in a circle in which Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was also present. We mentioned destiny (qadar), and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) became extremely angry and said: "If I knew that among the people there was a single one of them (those who deny destiny), I would seize him. I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Whenever Allah Almighty sent a prophet and then took him back, Allah Almighty placed after that prophet a period in which no prophet came, and the people of that period will go to Hell.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it with two chains, one of which has narrators who are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Sadaqah bin Sabiq, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and he added the words: "And they are the Qadariyyah."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Whenever Allah Almighty sent a prophet, after that prophet there came an interval, and these are the people with whom Hell will be filled.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Dawud al-A'ma, who is extremely da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Perhaps you will live on after me until you reach the time of a people who deny the destiny (qadar) appointed by Allah Almighty, attributing sins to the servants. They will have taken this talk of theirs from the Christians. When such a situation arises, declare before Allah Almighty that you are disassociated from those people." The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) would raise both hands and say: "O Allah! I declare myself disassociated from these people, just as Your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Ziyad bin Sam'an, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of the Qadariyyah sect and the people of the Murji'ah sect are the Magians of this Ummah. If they fall ill, do not visit them, and if they die, do not attend their funerals."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Harun bin Musa al-Farwi, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of the Qadariyyah sect are the Magians of this Ummah. If they fall ill, do not visit them, and if they die, do not attend their funerals."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Zakariyya bin Manzur, whom Ahmad bin Salih and others declared thiqah (trustworthy), and a group called him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty has cursed the people of the Qadariyyah sect, who deny (part of) destiny (qadar) and affirm (part of) destiny."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah, who is layyin (weak) in hadith.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are six people whom I and every prophet whose prayers are answered have cursed: the one who adds to the Book of Allah, the one who denies the destiny (qadar) of Allah, the one who makes lawful the things Allah Almighty has made unlawful, the one who makes lawful, with regard to my family ('itrah), what Allah Almighty has made unlawful, and the one who abandons the Sunnah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy); Ibn Hibban declared this hadith sahih (authentic).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever denies destiny (qadar) has denied what was revealed to Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Husayn al-Qassas, whom I do not know, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Muhammad bin Ka'b al-Qurazi says: The Qadariyyah sect was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The people of the Qadariyyah sect have been cursed on the tongues of seventy prophets (peace be upon them) and of our Prophet, Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah Almighty will gather the people on one plain, and then a caller will make an announcement that all the first and the last will hear. He will say: 'Where are the opponents of Allah Almighty?' Then the people of the Qadariyyah sect will stand up."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin al-Fadl bin Atiyyah, who is matruk (abandoned).
Abu Ya'la recorded it in al-Kabir in abridged form, through the narration of Baqiyyah bin al-Walid from Habib bin Amr; the narrator Baqiyyah is a mudallis, and the narrator Habib is majhul (unknown).

Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the Day of Resurrection comes, a caller will say: 'Beware! Let the opponents of Allah Almighty stand up.' And they will be the people of the Qadariyyah sect."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat as a narration transmitted by Baqiyyah, who is a mudallis, and it contains a narrator, Habib bin Amr, who is majhul (unknown).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "At the end of time, a woman will come and find that her husband has been transformed into a monkey, and the reason will be that he did not believe in destiny (qadar)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Bashshar bin Qirat, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not believe in destiny (qadar), the good of it and the bad of it (of every kind), I am disassociated from him."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Salih bin Sarj, who was a Khariji.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A servant is not a believer until he believes in destiny (qadar)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Isma'il bin Abi al-Hakam al-Thaqafi, whom I do not know, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "There are four kinds of people at whom Allah Almighty will not look with mercy on the Day of Resurrection: the one who is disobedient (to his parents), the one who reminds others of his favours, the habitual drinker of wine, and the one who denies destiny (qadar)."

In one narration the words are: "There are three kinds of people from whom Allah Almighty will not accept any obligatory or voluntary worship." After that the narrator mentioned the hadith as before.
Al-Tabarani recorded it with two chains; the chain of one of them contains a narrator, Bishr bin Numayr, who is matruk (abandoned), and the chain of the other narration contains a narrator, Umar bin Yazid, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two groups of this Ummah will not attain my intercession: the Murji'ah and the Qadariyyah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Mihsan, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Two kinds of groups of my Ummah will not attain my intercession: the Murji'ah and the Qadariyyah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Bahr bin Kaniz al-Saqqa', who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two kinds of groups of my Ummah have no share in Islam: the Murji'ah and the Qadariyyah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Qarir bin Sahl, who is a great liar (kadhdhab).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two kinds of groups of my Ummah have no share in Islam: the Murji'ah and the Qadariyyah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Amr bin al-Qasim bin Habib al-Tammar, who is da'if (weak), and the condition of Atiyyah al-Awfi is the same.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two kinds of people of my Ummah will not be able to come to me at the Pond (al-Hawd), and they will not enter Paradise: the Murji'ah and the Qadariyyah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Harun bin Musa al-Farwi, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every nation has its Magians, every nation has its Christians, and every nation has its Jews. The Magians of my Ummah are the Qadariyyah, their Christians are the Hashiyyah, and their Jews are the Murji'ah."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Sabiq, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is not pleased with the decree appointed by Allah Almighty and does not believe in the destiny (qadar) He has appointed should seek some deity other than Allah Almighty."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Sahl bin Abi Hazm, whom Yahya bin Ma'in declared thiqah (trustworthy) and a group called da'if (weak), and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Hind al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah Almighty says: 'Whoever is not pleased with My decree and does not bear patiently the trial (I have given), let him seek a Lord other than Me.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Sa'id bin Ziyad bin Hind, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), while delivering a sermon, praised and extolled Allah Almighty and said: "Soon after you there will come people who will deny stoning (as a rightful punishment), the Dajjal, intercession and the punishment of the grave, and (who will deny) that some people will be taken out of Hell after they have been burnt to charcoal."
Ahmad recorded it within a long hadith, and Abu Ya'la recorded it in al-Kabir and added the words: "They will deny the rising of the sun from the west." Its chain contains a narrator, Ali bin Zayd, who has a poor memory, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Ibn Awn says: I saw Ghaylan al-Qadari crucified at the Gate of Damascus.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

It is reported about Hammad bin Zayd that, while mentioning the Jahmiyyah, he said: "They are bent on (claiming) that there is no one (i.e. God) in the heaven."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.