Sahih Muslim Hadith 6735

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[6735] 8 – (2648) It was narrated that Jâbir said: "Surâqah bin Mâlik bin Ju'sham said: '0 Messenger of Allah, explain our religion to us as if we had been created just now. What about the deeds that we do day-to-day? Are they because the pens have dried and they are happening as they have already been decreed, or what we are to do?' He () said: 'No, it is because the pens have dried and they are happening as they have already been decreed.' He said: 'Then why should we strive?" Zuhair (a sub narrator) said: "Then AbU Az-Zubair (a narrator) said something that I did not understand, and I asked: 'What did he say?' He said: 'Strive, for everyone is helped."