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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful


This is from al-Mustadrak (Dar al-Kutub al-Alamiyah, Beirut, first print. 1990; annotator: Mustafa Abdul Qadir) 2/593, Hadith 4001:

أخبرنا أبو النضر الفقيه و أبو الحسن العنزي قالا : ثنا عثمان بن سعيد الدارمي ثنا القعنبي و يحيى بن بكير عن مالك عن زيد بن أبي أنيسة عن عبد الحميد بن عبد الرحمن بن زيد بن الخطاب عن مسلم بن يسار الجهني أن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه : سئل عن هذه الآية { وإذ أخذ ربك من بني آدم من ظهورهم ذريتهم } فقال عمر بن الخطاب : سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول : إن الله خلق آدم ثم مسح ظهره بيمينه فاستخرج منه ذرية فقال : خلقت هؤلاء للجنة و بعمل أهل الجنة يعملون ثم مسح ظهره فاستخرج منه ذرية فقال : خلقت هؤلاء للنار و بعمل أهل النار يعملون فقال رجل : يا رسول الله ففيم العمل ؟ قال إن الله إذا خلق العبد للجنة استعمله بعمل أهل الجنة حتى يموت على عمل أهل الجنة فيدخل الجنة و إذا خلق العبد للنار استعمله بعمل أهل النار حتى يموت على عمل أهل النار فيدخل النار

Narrated Muslim ibn Yasar al-Juhani:

Umar ibn al-Khattab was asked about this verse {When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants} (Qur'an 7:172). He replied: "I heard the Messenger of Allah pbuh.gif saying: Allah created Adam. Then He touched his loin with His Right Hand and brought out descendants and said: 'I have created these ones for the Paradise, and they will be doing the deeds of the people of Paradise'. Then, he touched Adam's loin again and brought out descendants and said: 'I have created these ones for Hellfire, and they will be doing the deeds of the people of Hellfire'. A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how about the deeds?" (not sure of this particular translation). He replied, "When Allah has created a servant for the Paradise, He makes him do the deeds of the people of Paradise until he dies on the deeds of the people of the Paradise. Then, He makes him enter the Paradise. Likewise, when Allah has created a servant for the Hellfire, He makes him do the deeds of the people of the Hellfire until he dies on the deeds of the people of the Hellfire, and then He makes him enter the Hellfire!".

Imam al-Hakim says:

هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين و لم يخرجاه

This hadith is sahih on the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim, although they have not recorded it.

Al-Dhahabi states:

على شرط البخاري ومسلم

It is sahih on the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

The hadith has also been recorded through another chain in that same book 2/354, No. 3256. Both al-Hakim and al-Dhahabi have declared this second riwayat sahih on the conditions of Muslim.

Apart from the fact that this hadith attributes injustice to Allah (swt) and purposelessness to His creation, there is also a terrible side to it. It is in this second hadith, recorded in Musnad Ahmad 4/176:

حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا عبد الصمد ثنا حماد يعني بن سلمة ثنا الجريري عن أبي نضرة إن رجلا من أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقال له أبو عبد الله دخل عليه أصحابه يعودونه وهو يبكي فقالوا له ما يبكيك : ألم يقل لك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم خذ من شاربك ثم اقره حتى تلقاني قال بلى ولكني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إن الله عز وجل قبض بيمينه قبضة وأخرى باليد الأخرى وقال هذه لهذه وهذه لهذه ولا أبالي فلا أدري في أي القبضتين أنا

The Messenger of Allah said:

Allah seized a group with His Right Hand and seized another with His other Hand, and said: "This (group) is for this (i.e. Paradise), and this (group) is for that (i.e. Hellfire)". I do not know to which of the two groups I belong!

Shaykh al-Arnaut states:

إسناده صحيح رجاله رجال الصحيح

Its chain is sahih. Its narrators are narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Arnaut has passed the same verdict on another riwayat of the hadith in the same book, 4/176, No. 17630. Imam al-Haythami has also recorded it in his Majma' al-Zawaid 7/385, with this comment:

رواه أحمد ورجاله رجال الصحيح

Ahmad has narrated it, and its narrators are narrators of the Sahih.

Shaykh al-Albani has recorded it in his Silsilah al-Ahadith al-Sahihah 1/114, No. 50. He says:

صحيح

It is sahih.

So, the summary is this:

1. Allah (swt) forces the people of Paradise to do the deed of Paradise, and then rewards them!
2. He likewise forces the people of Hellfire to do evil deeds and then punishes them!!
3. The people of Hellfire are easily identifiable through their evil deeds
4. The Messenger of Allah (swt) did not know whether he was from the people of Paradise or Hellfire!!!
5. Apparently, he was not sure that his deeds were those of the people of Paradise!

These beliefs are apparent kufr!