Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Rabi’ bin Abi Salih narrates that when Sa’id bin Jubair came from Makkah to Kufa so that he could be taken to Hajjaj in Wasit, we, three or four people, came to him and found him sitting on a pile of wood. We sat with him, and one of us began to weep. Sa’id asked him, “What makes you weep?” He replied, “I am weeping over your affliction.” Sa’id said, “Do not weep, for it was already known to Allah that this would happen.” Then he recited: { مَا أَصَابَ مِنْ مُصِیبَۃٍ فِی الأَرْضِ ، وَلاَ فِی أَنْفُسِکُمْ إلاَّ فِی کِتَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَبْرَأَہَا إنَّ ذَلِکَ عَلَی اللہِ یَسِیرٌ} (No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but it is inscribed in the Book (Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz) before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah.)