Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3075
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، سُئِلَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الآيَةِِ ( وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ ) قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلُ عَنْهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ ظَهْرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ ذُرِّيَّةً فَقَالَ خَلَقْتُ هَؤُلاَءِ لِلْجَنَّةِ وَبِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَعْمَلُونَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ ظَهْرَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ ذُرِّيَّةً فَقَالَ خَلَقْتُ هَؤُلاَءِ لِلنَّارِ وَبِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ يَعْمَلُونَ " . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا خَلَقَ الْعَبْدَ لِلْجَنَّةِ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ عَلَى عَمَلٍ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيُدْخِلَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَإِذَا خَلَقَ الْعَبْدَ لِلنَّارِ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ عَلَى عَمَلٍ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيُدْخِلَهُ اللَّهُ النَّارَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ عُمَرَ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي هَذَا الإِسْنَادِ بَيْنَ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ وَبَيْنَ عُمَرَ رَجُلاً مَجْهُولاً .
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Muslim ibn Yasar al-Juhani reported that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab was asked about Allah’s words, “When your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants, and made them testify about themselves, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes indeed; we testify,’ lest you say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘We were unaware of this’” (Qur’an 7:172). ‘Umar said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah being asked about it. He said: ‘Allah created Adam, then wiped his back with His right hand and brought forth his descendants. He said, “I created these for Paradise, and they will do the deeds of the people of Paradise.” Then He wiped his back and brought forth more descendants, and said, “I created these for the Fire, and they will do the deeds of the people of the Fire.”’ A man asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, then what is the point of doing deeds?’ The Messenger of Allah replied: ‘When Allah creates a servant for Paradise, He enables him to do the deeds of the people of Paradise until he dies doing one of their deeds, and Allah admits him to Paradise. When He creates a servant for the Fire, He enables him to do the deeds of the people of the Fire until he dies doing one of their deeds, and Allah admits him to the Fire.’” Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan. Muslim ibn Yasar did not hear from ‘Umar, and some narrators included an unnamed man between Muslim ibn Yasar and ‘Umar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report’s chain is disconnected: Abu ‘Isa explicitly states that Muslim ibn Yasar did not hear from ‘Umar and that another version inserts an unknown intermediary.