Volume 6, Book 60, Number 473:
Narrated ‘Ali:
While we were in a funeral procession in Baqi Al-Gharqad, Allah’s Apostle came and sat down,
and we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand and he bent his head and started scraping
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the ground with it. He then said, “There is none among you, and no created soul but has his place
written for him either in Paradise or in the Hell-Fire, and also has his happy or miserable fate (in the
Hereafter) written for him.” A man said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Shall we depend upon what is written for
us and give up doing (good) deeds? For whoever among us is destined to be fortunate (in the Here –
after), will join the fortunate peoples and whoever among us is destined to be miserable will do such
deeds as are characteristic of the people who are destined to misery.” The Prophet said, “Those who
are destined to be happy (in the Hereafter) will find it easy and pleasant to do the deeds characterist –
ic of those destined to happiness, while those who are to be among the miserable (in the Hereafter),
will find it easy to do the deeds characteristic of those destined to misery.” Then he recited: ‘As for
him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and believes in the Best reward from Allah,
We will make smooth for him the path of ease. But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self
sufficient, and gives the lie to the Best reward from Allah we will make smooth for him the path for
evil.’ (92.5-10)