82/4. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 6605 — Carry On Doing Deeds
"And the Command of Allah is a decree determined"
Hadith About Decree and Carrying On with Good Deeds
Sahih Bukhari : 6605
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 6605
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعَهُ عُودٌ يَنْكُتُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَقَالَ " مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ قَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ أَوْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ". فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَلاَ نَتَّكِلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " لاَ اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ " ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى} الآيَةَ.
'Ali Narrated from:
While we were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) who had a stick with which he was scraping the earth, he lowered his head and said, "There is none of you but has his place assigned either in the Fire or in Paradise." Thereupon a man from the people said, "Shall we not depend upon this, O Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No, but carry on and do your deeds, for everybody finds it easy to do such deeds (as will lead him to his place)."The Prophet (ﷺ) then recited the Verse: 'As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah..' (92.5)
[1] He meant: Shall we abandon our deeds since the fate of everybody has already been decided?Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 6605In-book reference : Book 82, Hadith 11USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 77, Hadith 602
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 6605
This hadith about decree and deeds shows the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم sitting with his companions while scraping the earth with a stick. He said that every person's place has already been written, either in the Fire or in Paradise. A man then asked whether they should simply depend on that. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said no, but told them to carry on and do their deeds, because everyone is made easy for what leads to his place. He then recited from the verse beginning, As for him who gives and keeps his duty to Allah. The hadith clearly joins belief in decree with active deeds, not passivity.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said each person's place is written.
- He did not allow people to use decree as an excuse to stop acting.
- Believers are told to carry on doing deeds.
- Each person is made easy for the path linked to their final place.
