Dalil

Mishkat al-Masabih 110

Belief in the Divine Decree - Section 2

وَعَن مطر بن عكام قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ إِلَيْهَا حَاجَةً». رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيّ

Translation

Matar b. ‘Ukamis reported God’s messenger as saying, “When God decrees that someone should die in a certain land, He gives him a reason for going there." Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Grades by grader

Ahmad Muhammad ShakirSahihgraded on tirmidhi:2146fawazahmed0
Bashar Awad MaaroufSahihgraded on tirmidhi:2147fawazahmed0
Zubair Ali ZaiSahīhfawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com
al-AlbaniSahihgraded on tirmidhi:2146fawazahmed0

Same hadith, other wordings

  • Jami at-Tirmidzi 2146إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَمُوتَ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ إِلَيْهَا حَاجَةً