عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ المَصْدُوقُ: «أَنَّ خَلْقَ أَحَدِكُمْ يُجْمَعُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَهُ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَهُ، ثُمَّ يُبْعَثُ إِلَيْهِ المَلَكُ، فَيُؤْذَنُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ، فَيَكْتُبُ: رِزْقَهُ وَأَجَلَهُ وَعَمَلَهُ وَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ، ثُمَّ يَنْفُخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ، فَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ حَتَّى لاَ يَكُونُ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ، فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الكِتَابُ، فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَدْخُلُ النَّارَ، وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ، فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الكِتَابُ، فَيَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا».
Imepokelewa kutoka kwa Abdullahi Bin Masoud -Radhi za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake: Ametuhadithia Mtume -Rehema na amani ziwe juu yake- naye ni mkweli mwenye kukubaliwa: "Kwa hakika mmoja wenu hukusanywa umbile lake kwenye tumbo la mama yake mchana arobaini na nyusiku arobaini kisha anakuwa tone la manii kwa muda kama huo kisha anakuwa pande la damu kwa mfano wa siku hizo, kisha hutumwa Malaika na huamrishwa kufanya mambo manne; Hivyo basi ataandika riziki yake, na muda wa kufa kwake na matendo yake na ataandika kuwa ni muovu au ni mwema, kisha atampulizia roho, na kwa hakika mmoja wenu anaweza kufanya matendo ya watu wa Peponi kiasi ya kuwa haitobakia kati yake na kuingia Peponi isipokuwa usawa wa urefu wa mkono, basi kikamtangulia kitabu -Kadari- na akafanya matendo ya watu wa motoni na akaingia motoni, na kwa hakika mmoja wenu anaweza akafanya matendo miongoni mwa matendo ya watu wa motoni mpaka ikabakia kati yake na kuingia motoni kiasi cha usawa wa mkono kisha kikamtangulia kitabu -Kadari- akafanya mataendo ya watu wa peponi na akaingia peponi."
‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) related to us, and he is the truthful and the trusted one; he said: "The creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother's womb for forty days and forty nights. Then, he becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then a lump (of flesh) for a similar period. Then, there is sent to him the angel who is commanded to write down four things: his sustenance, lifespan, actions, and whether miserable or happy. Then, he breathes life into him. One of you would do the actions of the people of Paradise until there is an arm's length between him and Paradise, but the predestination overtakes him, causing him to do actions of the people of Hellfire, and he enters it; and one of you would do the actions of the people of Hellfire until he is an arm's length away from Hellfire, but the predestination overtakes him, causing him to do deeds of the people of Paradise, and he enters it."
Mwisho wa mambo yote huwa kwa namna ambavyo imekwishapangwa na kukadiriwa.
Tahadhari ya kutodanganyika na muonekano wa matendo; Bali matendo huangaliwa mwisho wake.