Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6596

Arabic hadith text

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"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Adam narrated to us; Shu'bah narrated to us; Yazid al-Rishk narrated to us, saying: I heard Mutarrif ibn Abdullah ibn al-Shikhkhir relate from Imran ibn Husayn, who said: A man asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, can the people of Paradise be distinguished from the people of the Fire?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ The man asked, ‘Then why do people perform deeds?’ He replied, ‘Everyone acts in accordance with what he was created for—or what is made easy for him.’