Hadeeth # 4
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمٰنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ
On the authority of 'Abee `Abdir-Rahmaan `Abdillaahi ibn Mas`ood – Radiyallaahu`anhu - who said:
حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقِ
“The Messenger of Allaah - Sallallaahu`alayhi wasallam – and he is the Truthful, the Believed; narrated to us:
إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا نُطْفَةً
'Verily the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's womb for forty days in the form of a nutfah (a drop),
ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذٰلِكَ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذٰلِكَ
'Then he becomes an `alaqah (clot of blood) for a like period, then a mudghah (morsel of flesh) for a like period,
ثَمَّ يُرْسَلُ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَكُ فَيَنفُخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ
'Then there is sent to him the angel who blows his soul into him
وَ يُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ بِكَتْبِ رِزْقِهِ وَأَجَلِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ وَشَقِيٌّ أَو ْسَعِيدٌ
'And who is commanded with four matters: to write down his rizq (sustenance), his life span, his actions, and whether he will be happy or unhappy (i.e. whether or not he will enter Paradise).
فَوَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلاَّ ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسـْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا
'By the One, other than Whom there is no god, verily one of you performs the actions of the people of Paradise until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him, and so he acts with the actions of the people of the Hellfire and thus enters it
وَ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلاَّ ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسـْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا
'And verily one of you performs the actions of the people of the Hellfire, until there is but an arms length between him and it, and that which has been written overtakes him and so he acts with the actions of the people of Paradise and thus he enters it.'"
رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ
Reported by Bukhaaree and Muslim
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Explanation by Dr. Saleh as-Saleh: