Sunan Abu Dawood 4699

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحِمْصِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَتَيْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْتُ لَهُ:‏‏‏‏ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقَدَرِ فَحَدِّثْنِي بِشَيْءٍ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَهُ مِنْ قَلْبِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَأَهْلَ أَرْضِهِ عَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا قَبِلَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَوْ مُتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا لَدَخَلْتَ النَّارَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَال:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ .

Ibn al-Dailami said: I went to Ubayy bin Kaab and said him: I am confused about Divine decree, so tell me something by means of which Allah may remove the confusion from my mind. He replied: were Allah to punish everyone in the heavens and in the earth. He would do so without being unjust to them, and were he to show mercy to them his mercy would be much better than their actions merited. Were you to spend in support of Allah’s cause an amount of gold equivalent to Uhud, Allah would not accept it from you till you believed in divine decree and knew that what has come to you could not miss you and that what has missed you could not come to you. Were you to die believing anything else you would enter Hell. He said: I then went to Abdullah bin Masud and he said something to the same effect. I next went to Hudhaifah bin al-Yaman and he said something to the same effect. I next went to Zaid bin Thabit who told me something from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to the same effect.