Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 82

كِتَاب الْقَدَرِ

The Book of Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainment)

25 hadith · 16 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

11- بَابٌ في الْقَدَرِ:(1) Chapter.22- بَابُ جَفَّ الْقَلَمُ عَلَى عِلْمِ اللَّهِ:(2) Chapter. (What is said regarding) the pen has become dry (i.e., after the writing has been completed), with Allah’s Knowledge.33- بَابُ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ:(3) Chapter. It is (only) Allah Who knows what they would have done.44- بَابُ: {وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قَدَرًا مَقْدُورًا}:(4) Chapter. “And the Command of Allah is a decree determined.” (V.33:38)55- بَابُ الْعَمَلُ بِالْخَوَاتِيمِ:(5) Chapter. The reward for one’s deeds depends upon one’s last action (deed).66- بَابُ إِلْقَاءِ النَّذْرِ الْعَبْدَ إِلَى الْقَدَرِ:(6) Chapter. Man makes a vow seeking something other than what has been preordained (for him).77- بَابُ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ:(7) Chapter. La haula wa Ia quwwata Illa billah (There is neither might nor power except with Allah).88- بَابُ الْمَعْصُومُ مَنْ عَصَمَ اللَّهُ:(8) Chapter. Al-Masum (the sinless or the saved or the protected) is the one whom Allah protects.99- بَابُ: {وَحَرَامٌ عَلَى قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَرْجِعُونَ}، {أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُؤْمِنَ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ إِلاَّ مَنْ قَدْ آمَنَ}، {وَلاَ يَلِدُوا إِلاَّ فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا}:(9) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “And a ban is laid on every town (population) which We have destroyed that they shall not return (to this world again, nor repent to Us).” (V.21:95) “...None of your people will believe, except those who have believed, already..." (V.11:36) “...And they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.” (V.71:27)1010- بَابُ: {وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أَرَيْنَاكَ إِلاَّ فِتْنَةً لِلنَّاسِ}:(10) Chapter. The Statement of Allah: “...And We made not the vision which We showed you [O Muhammad as an actual eye witness and not a dream on the night of Al-Isra], but a trial for the mankind...” (V.17:60)1111- بَابُ تَحَاجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى عِنْدَ اللَّهِ:(11) Chapter. (Prophet) Adam and Musa (Moses) argued with each other in front of Allah.1212- بَابُ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ:(12) Chapter. No power can withhold what Allah gives.1313- بَابُ مَنْ تَعَوَّذَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ دَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ:(13) Chapter. Whoever takes refuge with Allah from having an evil end of the worldly life and from having a bad fate. And Allah’s Statement: "I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak from the evil of what He has created." (V.113:1,2)1414- بَابُ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ:(14) Chapter. “...(Allah) comes in between a person and his heart (i.e., He prevents an evil person to decide anything)..." (V.8:24)1515- بَابُ: {قُلْ لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا إِلاَّ مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا} قَضَى:(15) Chapter. “Say: ‘Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us’..." (V.9:15)1616- بَابُ: {وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ}:(16) Chapter. “...Never could we have found guidance, were it not that Allah had guided us...” (V.7:43) "...If only Allah had guided me, I should indeed have been among the Al-Muttaqun." (V.39:57)

Opening leaves

First narrations

Bukhari · 6595وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا ، فَيَقُولُ : أَيْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ ، أَيْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ ، أَيْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقَهَا ، قَالَ : أَيْ رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ، أَشَقِيٌّ أThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now ) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its4 narratorsBukhari · 6596كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ ، أَوْ لِمَا يُسِّرَ لَهُA 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 5 narratorsBukhari · 6597اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَThe Prophet (ﷺ) ; was asked about the offspring of the pagans. He said, "Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live).6 narratorsBukhari · 6598اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a Christian. It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their offspring a mutilated one befo6 narratorsBukhari · 6599مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلَّا يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ ، فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ ، وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتِجُونَ الْبَهِيمَةَ ، هَلْ تَجِدُونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ ؟ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ تَجْدَعُونَهَاNarrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a Christian. It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their offspring a mu5 narratorsBukhari · 6601لَا تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلَاقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا وَلْتَنْكِحْ ، فَإِنَّ لَهَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهَاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No woman should ask for the divorce of her sister (Muslim) so as to take her place, but she should marry the man (without compelling him to divorce his other wife), for she will have nothing 5 narratorsBukhari · 6602لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلِلَّهِ مَا أَعْطَى كُلٌّ بِأَجَلٍ ، فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْOnce while I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and Sa`d, Ubai bin Ka`b and Mu`adh were also sitting with him, there came to him a messenger from one of his daughters, telling him that her child was on the verge of death. The Prop5 narratorsBukhari · 6603أَوَإِنَّكُمْ لَتَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ ، لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلُوا ، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ نَسَمَةٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَّا هِيَ كَائِنَةٌThat while he was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) a man from the Ansar came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We get slave girls from the war captives and we love property; what do you think about coitus interruptus?" All6 narratorsBukhari · 6604لَقَدْ خَطَبَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خُطْبَةً مَا تَرَكَ فِيهَا شَيْئًا إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ ، إِلَّا ذَكَرَهُ عَلِمَهُ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ ، وَجَهِلَهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ ، إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَى الشَّيْءThe Prophet (ﷺ) once delivered a speech in front of us wherein he left nothing but mentioned (about) everything that would happen till the Hour. Some of us stored that our minds and some forgot it. (After that speech) I 5 narratorsBukhari · 6605مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا قَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ أَوْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِWhile we were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) who had a stick with which he was scraping the earth, he lowered his head and said, "There is none of you but has his place assigned either in the Fire or in Paradise." Thereupo6 narratorsBukhari · 6606أَمَا إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِWe witnessed along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the Khaibar (campaign). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told his companions about a man who claimed to be a Muslim, "This man is from the people of the Fire." When the battle started, 6 narratorsBukhari · 6607مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَاThere was a man who fought most bravely of all the Muslims on behalf of the Muslims in a battle (Ghazwa) in the company of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at him and said. "If anyone would like to see a man from the 4 narrators