He (the inquirer) again said: Inform me about al-Ihsan (performance of good deeds). He (the inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Apostles, in the Day of Judgment, and you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil. He (the inquirer) said: Inform me about Iman (faith). He (Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: It amazed us that he would put the question and then he would himself verify the truth. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Al-Islam implies that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and you establish prayer, pay Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadan, and perform pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough (to bear the expense of) the journey. At last he sat with the Apostle (peace be upon him) He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs and said: Muhammad, inform me about al-Islam. He further said: My father, Umar ibn al-Khattab, told me: One day we were sitting in the company of Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure white clothes, his hair extraordinarily black. Abdullah ibn Umar swore by Him (the Lord) (and said): If any one of them (who does not believe in the Divine Decree) had with him gold equal to the bulk of (the mountain) Uhud and then, it (in the way of Allah), Allah would not accept it unless he affirmed his faith in Divine Decree. And verily they are in no way responsible for my (belief). He (Abdullah ibn Umar) said: When you happen to meet such people tell them that I have nothing to do with them and they have nothing to do with me. And then after talking about their affairs, added: They (such people) claim that there is no such thing as Divine Decree and events are not predestined. I therefore said: Abu Abdur Rahman! there have appeared some people in our land who recite the Holy Qur'an and pursue knowledge. I expected that my companion would authorize me to speak. One of us (stood) on his right and the other stood on his left. Accidentally we came across Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab, while he was entering the mosque. 'Abdur-Rahman Himyari set out for prilgrimage or for 'Umrah and said: Should it so happen that we come into contact with one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) we shall ask him a bout what is talked about Taqdir (Division Decree). Ya'mur that the first man who discussed about Qadr (Divine Decree) in Basra was Ma'bad al-Juhani.

(0001) It is narrated on the authority of Yahya b. 431 hadith found in 'The Book of Faith (Kitab Al-Iman)' of Sahih Muslim.

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