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Sunan Ibn Majah 89 — What Is Decreed Will Come
Regarding the Divine Decree (Qadr)
Hadith About What Is Decreed for a Person
Sunan Ibn Majah : 89
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 89
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِي، يَعْلَى عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي جَارِيَةً أَعْزِلُ عَنْهَا قَالَ " سَيَأْتِيهَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهَا " . فَأَتَاهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ حَمَلَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَا قُدِّرَ لِنَفْسٍ شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ هِيَ كَائِنَةٌ " .
Jabir Narrated from:
A man from among the Ansar came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I have a slave girl. Should I do 'Azl (coitus interruptus) with her?' He said 'Whatever is decreed for her shall come to her. He (the Ansari) came to him later on and said: "The slave girl has become pregnant." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Nothing is decreed for a person but it will surely come to pass."
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 89In-book reference : Introduction, Hadith 0English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 89
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 89
This hadith about Divine Decree speaks about a man from the Ansar who asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about doing Azl with his slave girl. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم answered that whatever was decreed for her would come to her. Later, the man returned and said she had become pregnant. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then said that nothing is decreed for a person except that it will surely happen. The hadith is very focused. It does not discuss every rule related to Azl. Its main teaching is about Qadar: human measures do not escape what Allah has decreed. A believer can take means, but the final outcome belongs to Allah’s decree.
What we learn from this hadith
- What Allah decrees for a person will come to pass.
- Human measures do not overpower Divine Decree.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used a real event to teach trust in Qadar.
- The hadith keeps the focus on outcome being under Allah’s control.
