Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45170

Yaqoub told us, my father told us, on the authority of Ibn Ishaq, Hakim bin Hakim bin Abbad bin Hunaif told me, on the authority of Muhammad bin Muslim bin Ubaid. Allah bin Shihab, on the authority of Ali bin Hussein, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, Ali bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, entered upon me May God bless him and grant him peace and upon Fatima, may God be pleased with her, during the night, so he woke us up for prayer, he said, then he returned to his house and prayed leisurely during the night, he said. He did not listen to us at all, so he returned to us and woke us up and said, “Get up and pray.” He said, “So I sat down, covering my eyes, and saying, By God, we do not pray except what is written for us. Our souls are in the hands of God. If He wishes to send us, He sends us. He said, so the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, took charge. And he, peace and blessings of God be upon him, was saying and slapping his hand on his thigh: We do not pray except what is decreed for us. We do not pray except what is decreed for us {And it was Man is the most argumentative.