Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّانُ بْنُ تَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ وَهْبٍ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ الْقَدَرِ شَيْءٌ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنِي بِحَدِيثٍ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ عَنِّي مَا أَجِدُ قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَذَّبَ أَهْلَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَأَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ عَذَّبَهُمْ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ رَحِمَهُمْ كَانَتْ رَحْمَتُهُ لَهُمْ خَيْرًا مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ أُحُدٌ لَكَ ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقْتَهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ بِالْقَدَرِ وَتَعْلَمْ أَنَّ مَا أَصَابَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُخْطِئَكَ وَأَنَّ مَا أَخْطَأَكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَكَ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنْكَ وَلَوْ مِتَّ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ دَخَلْتَ النَّارَ وَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ فَتَسْأَلَهُ فَلَقِيَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Qurran ibn Tamam told us, from Abu Sinan al-Shaybani, from Wahb al-Himsi, from Ibn al-Daylami, who said: I came to Ubayy ibn Ka'b and said to him: 'Something regarding predestination has occurred in my mind, so I would like you to narrate a hadith to me, that perhaps Allah may remove from me what I am experiencing.' He said: 'If Allah, Mighty and Majestic, were to punish the people of the heavens and the people of the earth, He would punish them without being unjust to them, and if He showed them mercy, His mercy for them would be better than their deeds. And if Mount Uhud were gold for you and you spent it in the way of Allah, and then you did not believe in predestination and know that what befell you was not going to miss you, and what missed you was not going to befall you, it would not be accepted from you, and if you died holding any other belief, you would enter the Fire. And it is no burden upon you to meet my brother Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and ask him.' So he met Abdullah, and he said the same to him. Then he met Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, and he said the same to him. Then he met Zayd ibn Thabit, and he said the same to him, except that he narrated it from the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.