Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 2.0

The pen has become dry with Allah's Knowledge

باب جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ عَلَى عِلْمِ اللَّهِ

{وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ} وَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ بِمَا أَنْتَ لاَقٍ». قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: {لَهَا سَابِقُونَ} سَبَقَتْ لَهُمُ السَّعَادَةُ.

1 hadiths

Sahih al-Bukhari, 6596sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Aadm bin Abi IyasfromShu'bah bin al-HajjajfromYazid bin Abi Yazid, al-RashkfromMatraf bin 'Abdullah bin al-Shakhayrfrom'Imran bin Husain

Hadith text · Matn

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ الرِّشْكُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُعْرَفُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَلِمَ يَعْمَلُ الْعَامِلُونَ قَالَ ‏"‏كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ ـ أَوْ لِمَا يُسِّرَ لَهُ‏"‏ ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated `Imran bin Husain:

A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ! Can the people of Paradise be known (differentiated) from the people of the Fire; The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Yes." The man said, "Why do people (try to) do (good) deeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Everyone will do the deeds for which he has been created to do or he will do those deeds which will be made easy for him to do." (i.e. everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined place for which he has been created).