Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29233

Al-Ansari told us, Maan told us, Malik bin Anas told us, on the authority of Zaid bin Abi Anisa, on the authority of Abd al-Hamid bin Abd al-Rahman bin Zaid. Ibn Al-Khattab, on the authority of Muslim Ibn Yasar Al-Juhani, that Omar Ibn Al-Khattab was asked about this verse (And when your Lord took from the children of Adam From their backs are their descendants, and they bear witness against themselves. Am I not your Lord? They say, “Yes, we bear witness, lest you say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed, we were These are heedless.) Omar bin Al-Khattab said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, being asked about it. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “Indeed God created Adam, then He wiped his back with His right hand and brought forth offspring from him, and He said, “I created these for Paradise, and they will do the deeds of the people of Paradise.” Then He wiped his back and produced offspring from him, and said, “I created these for Hell, and they will do the work of the people of Hell.” Then a man said, “O The Messenger of God, so what is the work? He said, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “When God creates a servant for Paradise, He uses him to do the work of the people of Paradise until he dies.” For one of the deeds of the people of Paradise, God will admit him to Paradise, and if the servant is created for Hell, He will use it by deeds. The people of Hell until he dies for one of the deeds of the people of Hell, then God admits him to Hell.” Abu Issa said this is a hasan hadith. And Muslim ibn Yassar did not hear from Omar, and some of them mentioned in this chain of transmission between Muslim bin Yassar and Omar an unknown man.