English Translation

'Abdullah told us: Abu 'Abdullah al-Basri told us: Sahl ibn Aslam al-'Adawi told us: Yazid ibn Abi Mansur told us, from Dhu al-Lihyah al-Kilabi, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, do we act in a matter newly begun, or in a matter already decided and finished?" He said, "Rather in a matter already decided." I said, "Then what is the point of acting?" He said, "Act, for everyone is made easy for that which he was created for."