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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3367 (Book 47, Hadith 420) #29017
The Choice of Right Hand & Decree of Life

SUMMARY: This hadith explains how Adam was given the choice to choose between two hands of Allah, and how he chose the right one. It also explains how Adam gave sixty years of his life to his son Dawud, and that ever since then what is written and witnessed has been decreed.

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: "When Allah created Adam, He breathed the soul into him, then he sneezed and said: 'All praise is due to Allah.’ So he praised Allah by His permission. Then His Lord said to him: 'May Allah have mercy upon you O Adam. Go to those angels – to that gathering of them sitting – so say: 'As-Salamu alaikum'. They said 'Wa Alaikas-Salamu Wa Rahmatullah’. Then he returned to his Lord, He said: 'This is your greeting and the greeting of your children among each other.’ Then Allah said to him – while His Two Hands were closed – 'Choose which of them you wish.’ He said: 'I chose the right My Lord and both of the Hands of my Lord are right, blessed.’ Then He extended it, and there was Adam and his offspring in it.’ So he said: 'What are these O my Lord?’ He said: 'These are your offspring?’ Each one of them had his age written between his eyes. But among them there was a man who was the most illuminating of them – or among the most illuminated of them. He said: 'O Lord! Who is this?’ He said: 'This is your son Dawud, I wrote forty years for him.’ He said: 'O Lord! Add to his age.’ He said: 'That is what I have written for him.’ He said: 'O Lord! Give him sixty of my years.’ He said: 'So you shall have it.’" He said: "Then, he resided in Paradise as long as Allah willed, then he was cast from it, so Adam was counting for himself". He said: "So the Angel of death came to him, and Adam said to him: 'You are hasty, one-thousand years were written for me.’ He said: 'Of course! But you gave sixty years to your son Dawud.’ So he rejected, and his offspring rejected, and he forgot, and his offspring forgot". He said: "So ever since that day, what is written and witnessed has been decreed".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ عَطَسَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ بِإِذْنِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ يَا آدَمُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِلَى مَلإٍ مِنْهُمْ جُلُوسٍ فَقُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ‏.‏ قَالُوا وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ تَحِيَّتُكَ وَتَحِيَّةُ بَنِيكَ بَيْنَهُمْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْبُوضَتَانِ اخْتَرْ أَيَّهُمَا شِئْتَ قَالَ اخْتَرْتُ يَمِينَ رَبِّي وَكِلْتَا يَدَىْ رَبِّي يَمِينٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ وَذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَقَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ مَا هَؤُلاَءِ فَقَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ فَإِذَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَكْتُوبٌ عُمْرُهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ أَضْوَؤُهُمْ أَوْ مِنْ أَضْوَئِهِمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا ابْنُكَ دَاوُدُ قَدْ كَتَبْتُ لَهُ عُمْرَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ زِدْهُ فِي عُمْرِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي كَتَبْتُ لَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ فَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ عُمْرِي سِتِّينَ سَنَةً قَالَ أَنْتَ وَذَاكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ أُسْكِنَ الْجَنَّةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أُهْبِطَ مِنْهَا فَكَانَ آدَمُ يَعُدُّ لِنَفْسِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ قَدْ عَجِلْتَ قَدْ كُتِبَ لِي أَلْفُ سَنَةٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ لاِبْنِكَ دَاوُدَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فَجَحَدَ فَجَحَدَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ وَنَسِيَ فَنَسِيَتْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَمِنْ يَوْمِئِذٍ أُمِرَ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالشُّهُودِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
TOPICS
choice  *  hand  *  decree  *  life  *  adam  *  ikhtiyar  *  yamin  *  qadar  *  hayat

QUICK LESSONS:
Have faith in God's decisions , Be generous with your blessings

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us about a story from the time when Allah created Adam. When Allah breathed life into him, he sneezed and praised Allah by His permission. Then He asked him to greet the angels who were gathered there, which he did. After this, Allah showed him two hands closed together and asked him to choose one hand as a sign of faith in Him. Adam chose the right hand without hesitation because both hands were equally blessed by God according to him. As a reward for his faith in Him, Allah gave sixty years from Adams lifespan to his son Dawud as an extra blessing on top of what was already written for him between his eyes at birth. From this we learn that it is important for us to have faith in God's decisions even if we don't understand them fully because He knows best what is good for us even if it doesn't seem like it at first glance. We should also be generous with our blessings just like Adam was with Dawud so that others can benefit from them too!

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