Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ يَعْنِي الْحَدَّادَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ ذِي اللِّحْيَةِ الْكِلَابِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَعْمَلُ فِي أَمْرٍ مُسْتَأْنَفٍ أَوْ أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَا بَلْ فِي أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَفِيمَ نَعْمَلُ إِذًا قَالَ اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ.
English Translation
'Abdullah told us: Yahya ibn Ma'in told us: Abu 'Ubaydah - meaning al-Haddad - told us: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muslim told us, from Yazid ibn Abi Mansur, from Dhu al-Lihyah al-Kilabi, that he said: "O Messenger of Allah, do we act in a matter newly begun, or a matter already decided and finished?" He said, "No, rather in a matter already decided." He said, "Then for what do we act?" He said, "Act, for everyone is made easy for that which he was created for."