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2141. Abdullāh bin 'Amr narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came out to us with two books in hand. And he said: 'Do you know what these two books are?' We said: 'No, O Messenger of Allāh! Unless you inform us.' He said about the one that was in his right hand: 'This is a book from the Lord of the worlds, in it are the names of the people of Paradise, and the names of their fathers and their tribes. Then there is a summary at the end of them, there being no
addition to them nor deduction from them forever.' Then he said about the one that was in his left: 'This is a book from the Lord of the worlds, in it are the names of the people of the Fire and the names of their fathers and their tribes. Then there is a summary at the end of them, there being no addition to them nor deduction from them forever.' The Companions said: 'So why work O Messenger of Allāh! Since the matter is already decided (and over)?' He said: 'Seek to do what is right and draw nearer, for indeed the inhabitant of Paradise shall have his work sealed off with the deeds of the people of Paradise, whichever deeds he did. And indeed the inhabitant of the Fire shall have his work sealed off with the deeds of the people of the Fire, whichever deeds he did.' Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ motioned with his hands, casting them down and said: 'Your Lord finished with the slaves, a group in Paradise, and a group in the Blazing Fire.'"
(Hasan)
(Another chain) with similar narration.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There is a report on this topic from Ibn 'Umar.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb.
Abū Qabil's (a narrator in the chain) name is Huyayy bin Hānī'.
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Commentary
There is no getting away from doing the deeds. Allāh has simply written them because man will do those deeds. Allāh would never write them if man was not to do them. Allāh's act is thus in consonance with what is a fact. The written things are bound to happen even as they are written since the writing reflects the fact. It cannot, therefore, be argued: Why do we need to do the deeds and for what purpose?
