Hadith 3111

حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ هُوَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ : " لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ سورة هود آية 105 سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ، فَعَلَى مَا نَعْمَلُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ أَوْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ لَمْ يُفْرَغْ مِنْهُ ؟ قَالَ : " بَلْ عَلَى شَيْءٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الْأَقْلَامُ يَا عُمَرُ وَلَكِنْ كُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو .
´Narrated Ibn 'Umar:` that 'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: "When this Ayah was revealed: Some among them will be wretches and (others) blessed (11:105). I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'O Prophet of Allah! Based upon what are we then working; something that has already finished or something that has not yet happened?' He said: 'Rather something that has happened, and the Pens have already passed over it O 'Umar! But for everyone, what he has been created for is made easy.'"
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3111
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح الظلال (161 - 166)  |  زبیر علی زئی: (3111) إسناده ضعيف, سليمان بن سفيان ضعيف (تقدم: 2167) وللحديث شواھد ضعيفة
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Explanation:
1:
So among them will be one who is wretched and one who is blessed (Hud: 105)

2:
Everything has already been written before our coming into existence—what we will do after being born and to what end we will reach.

3:
The righteous are granted the ability (tawfiq) to perform righteous deeds, and the wicked are granted the ability to perform wicked deeds.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3111
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Explanation:
1:
That is, does the deed we perform become known to Allah after we do it? Or is it already written and in Allah’s knowledge beforehand?
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2135