With the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty created the creation, decreed the decree and took the covenant of the prophets, while His Throne was upon the water. Then He took the people of faith in His right hand and the people of misery in His left hand, though both hands of the Most Merciful are right hands. Then He said: 'O people of the right!' They said: 'Here we are at Your service, again and again.' He said: 'Am I not your Lord?' They said: 'Yes indeed!' Then He mixed them all together. One of them said: 'Our Lord, why have You mixed us together?' Allah said: 'And they have other deeds besides that, which they will be doing,' 'lest you say on the Day of Resurrection: We were unaware of this; or say: It was only our forefathers who associated partners (with Allah) before, and we were their descendants after them.' So Allah created the creation, decreed the decree and took the covenant of the prophets while His Throne was upon the water; so the people of Paradise are its people, and the people of Hell are its people." A man among those present said: "O Messenger of Allah, then what is the use of deeds?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every people acts for that for which they were created: the people of Paradise do the deeds of the people of Paradise, and the people of Hell do the deeds of the people of Hell." Then Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of these deeds of ours: are they something we begin anew, or something that has already been settled?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Something that has already been settled." He said: "Then now we will strive hard in worship."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated these two hadiths from Sulayman al-Taymi except Abd al-Rahman, whom I think is Ibn Umar al-Makki, and Salm bin Salim is alone in narrating them both."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 7632
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف لضعف سالم بن سالم
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: فيه سالم بن سالم وهو ضعيف وفي إسناد الكبير جعفر بن الزبير وهو ضعيف «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 7، ص 189»» «أخرجه الطيالسي فى «مسنده» برقم: 1226، وابن حجر فى «المطالب العالية» برقم: 2966 / 1، 2966 / 2، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 7940، 7943»