(حديث قدسي) حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقُ : " يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُ أَحَدِكُمْ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكًا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ ، فَيَقُولُ : اكْتُبْ عَمَلَهُ وَأَجَلَهُ وَرِزْقَهُ ، وَاكْتُبْهُ شَقِيًّا أَوْ سَعِيدًا " . ثُمَّ قَالَ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِيَدِهِ ، " إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ، حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ غَيْرُ ذِرَاعٍ ، ثُمَّ يُدْرِكُهُ الشَّقَاءُ ، فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ، فَيَمُوتُ ، فَيَدْخُلُ النَّارَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِيَدِهِ ، إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ، حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّارِ غَيْرُ ذِرَاعٍ ، ثُمَّ تُدْرِكُهُ السَّعَادَةُ ، فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ، فَيَمُوتُ ، فَيَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ " .
Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) — who is truthful and believed — told us this hadith: “The creation of each one of you is gathered in the womb of his mother for forty days, then he is a clot of blood for the same period, then a lump of flesh for the same period. Then an angel is sent to him and breathes the soul into him. Then he is commanded with four things: his provision, his lifespan, his deeds, and whether he will be wretched or blessed. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abdullah, one of you may do the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is only a cubit between him and it, but what has been written overtakes him and he does the deeds of the people of Hell and enters it. And one of you may do the deeds of the people of Hell until there is only a cubit between him and it, but what has been written overtakes him and he does the deeds of the people of Paradise and enters it.”