Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28299

Qutaibah bin Saeed narrated to us, he said: Al-Layth narrated to us, on the authority of Abu Qabil, on the authority of Shafa’ bin Mata’, on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-Asi, he said The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, came out to us with two letters in his hand and said, “Do you know what these two letters are?” So we said, “No, O Messenger of God.” Unless you tell us. Then he said to the one in his right hand, “This is a book from the Lord of the worlds, in which are the names of the people of Paradise and the names of their fathers.” And their tribes, then He will bestow upon the last of them, and there will never be any addition to them nor any subtraction from them.” Then he said to the one on his left, “This is a book from Lord of the Worlds, in it are the names of the people of the Fire and the names of their fathers and their tribes. Then He will add to the last of them, so nothing will be added to them nor will anything be taken away from them ever. “So his companions said, ‘What is the work, O Messenger of God? If a matter has been completed,’ he said, ‘Shoot and approach, for the companion Paradise will be sealed for him by the deeds of the people of Paradise, even if he does any deed, and for the companion of Hell, the deeds of the people of Hell will be sealed for him, even if he does any deed.” Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “With his hands, he threw them away, and then he said, ‘And your Lord has finished with His servants, a group in Paradise and a group in Al-Sa’ir. “Qutaybah narrated to us, Bakr bin Mudar narrated to us, on the authority of Abu Qabil, and something similar. Abu Issa said, and in this chapter, on the authority of Ibn Umar. This is a good, strange and authentic hadith. Abu Qabil’s name is Hayya bin Hani.