The Book of Destiny

Book 46 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

52 hadith Hadith 6558–6609 Sunni
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Book 46 of 57

The Book of Destiny

Sahih Muslim

52 hadith Hadith 6558–6609 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Destiny is book 46 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 52 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 14 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Abu Hurairah, Abdullah, Ali, Hudhaifa', Abu Tufail.

Hadith in This Book 52 hadith

1 6558 Sahih
Verily your creation is on this wise. The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother's womb in the form of blood, after which it becomes a clot of blood…
2 6559 Sahih
" The creation of any one of you is like this that (semen) is collected in the womb of the mother for forty nights," and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba (the…
3 6560 Sahih
When the drop of (semen) remains in the womb for forty or forty five nights, the angel comes and says: My Lord, will he be good or evil? And both these things would be written.…
4 6561 Sahih
Evil one is he who is evil in the womb of his mother and the good one is he who takes a lesson from the (fate of) others. The narrator came to a person from amongst the Companions…
5 6562 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud through another chain of transmitters.
6 6563 Sahih
I visited Abu Sariha Hudhaifa b. Usaid al-Ghifari who said: I listened with these two ears of mine Allahs Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The semen stays in the womb for forty nights,…
7 6564 Sahih
There is an angel who looks after the womb when Allah decides to create any- thing after more than forty nights are over; the rest of the hadith is the same.
8 6565 Sahih
Allah, the Exlated and Glorious, has appointed an angel as the caretaker of the womb, and he would say: My Lord, it is now a drop of semen; my Lord, It is now a clot of blood; my…
9 6566 Sahih
We were in a funeral in the graveyard of Gharqad when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and we sat around him. He had a stick with him. He lowered his head and began to scratch the…
10 6567 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mansur with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
11 6568 Sahih
There is not one amongst you who has not been allotted his seat in Paradise or Hell. They said: Allah's Messenger. then, why should we perform good deeds, why not depend upon our…
12 6569 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ali through another chain of transmitters.
13 6570 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, explain our religion to us (in a way) as if we have been created just now. Whosoever deeds we do today, is it because of the fact that-the pens have dried…
14 6571 Sahih
" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Every doer of deed is facilitated in his action."
15 6572 Sahih
Has there been drawn a distinction between the people of Paradise and the denizens of hell? He said: Yes. It was again said: (If it is so), then What is the use of doing good…
16 6573 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated through other chains of transmiters with slight variations of wording.
17 6574 Sahih
What is your view, what the people do today in the world, and strive for, is it something decreed for them or preordained for them or will their fate in the Hereafter be…
18 6575 Sahih
Verily, a man would perform the deeds of the people of Paradise for a long time, then his deeds would be concluded with the deeds of the people of Hell. And verily, a man would…
19 6576 Sahih
Sahl b. Sa'd reported it from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the…
20 6577 Sahih
There was argument between Adam and Moses. Moses said to Adam: You are our father. You did us harm and caused us to get out of Paradise. Adam said to him: You are Moses. Allah…
21 6578 Sahih
There was argument between Adam and Moses, and Adam came the better of Moses. Moses said to him: You are the same Adam who misled people, and caused them to get out of Paradise.…
22 6579 Sahih
There was an argument between Adam and Moses (peace be upon both of them) in the presence of their Lord. Adam came the better of Moses. Moses said: Are you that Adam whom Allah…
23 6580 Sahih
There was an argument between Adam and Moses. Moses said: Are you that Adam whose lapse caused you to get out of Paradise? Adam said to him: Are you that Moses whom Allah selected…
24 6581 Sahih
Abu Huraira narrated a hadith like this through another chain of transmitters.
25 6582 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
26 6583 Sahih
Abu Huraira reported a hadith like this through another chain of transmitters.
27 6584 Sahih
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Allah ordained the measures (of quality) of the creation fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, as His Throne…
28 6585 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hani with the same chain of transmitters, but there is no mention of" His Throne was upon water."
29 6586 Sahih
Verily, the hearts of all the sons of Adam are between the two fingers out of the fingers of the Compassionate Lord as one heart. He turns that to any (direction) He likes. Then…
30 6587 Sahih
I found some Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Everything is by measure. And he further said: I heard Abdullah b. 'Umar as saying: There is a neasure for…
31 6588 Sahih
" On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces, taste the touch of Fire. Surely, We have created everything according to a measure" (liv. 48).
32 6589 Sahih
Verily Allah has fixed the very portion of adultery which a man will indulge in, and which he of necessity must commit. The adultery of the eye is the lustful look, and the…
33 6590 Sahih
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying. Allah fixed the very portion of adultery which a man will indulge in. There would be no escape from it. The adultery of the…
34 6591 Sahih
There is none born but is created to his true nature (Islam). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian quite as beasts produce their young with their limbs…
35 6592 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters and there is no mention of his deficiency in limbs.
36 6593 Sahih
No child is born but upon Fitra. He then said. Recite: The nature made by Allah in which He created man, there is no altering of Allah's nature; that is the right religion."
37 6594 Sahih
No babe is born but upon Fitra. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist. A person said: Allah's Messenger, what is your opinion if they were to die…
38 6595 Sahih
Every new-born babe is born on the millat (of Islam and he) remains on this until his tongue is enabled to express himself. This hadith has been narratted on the authority of Abu…
39 6596 Sahih
An infant is born according to his (true) nature. It is his parents Who make him a Jew, a Christian, just as a she-camel gives birth to its young ones. Do you find any deficiency…
40 6597 Sahih
The mother of every person gives him birth according to his true nature. It is subsequently his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian. Had his parents been Muslim…
41 6598 Sahih
It is Allah Who knows best what they would be doing.
42 6599 Sahih
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'aib and Ma'qil with a slight variation of wording.
43 6600 Sahih
It is Allah Who knows what they would be doing.
44 6601 Sahih
It is Allah alone Who knows what they would be doing according to their creation.
45 6602 Sahih
The young man whom Khadir killed was a non-believer by his very nature and had he survived he would have involved his parents in defiance and unbelief.
46 6603 Sahih
There is happiness for this child who is a bird from amongst the birds of Paradise. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Don't you know that Allah created the Paradise and He…
47 6604 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, there is happiness for this child who is a bird from the birds of Paradise for it committed no sin nor has he reached the age when one can commit sin. He said:…
48 6605 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahya with the same chain of transmitters.
49 6606 Sahih
0 Allah, enable me to derive benefit from my husband, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and from my father Abu Sufyan and from my brother Mu'awiya. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: You have…
50 6607 Sahih
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Mis'ar with the same chain of transmitters but with this variation that the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Bishr and…
51 6608 Sahih
0 Allah, enable me to derive benefit from my husband, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and from my father Abu Sufyan, and from my brother Mu'awiya. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to her:…
52 6609 Sahih
A strong believer is better and is more lovable to Allah than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone, (but) cherish that which gives you benefit (in the Hereafter) and…