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Sunan Ibn Majah 1897 (Book 9, Hadith 53) #31249
Knowing What Will Happen Tomorrow is Only for Allah

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) warning against making assumptions about the future and emphasizing that only Allah knows what will happen.

It was narrated that Abu Husain, whose name was Khalid Al-Madani, said: "We were in Al-Madinah on the Say of 'Ashura and the girls were beating the Daff and singing. We entered upon Rubai' bint Mu'awwidh and mentioned that to her. She said: 'The Messenger of Allah entered upon me on the morning of my wedding, and there were two girls with me who were singing and mentioning the qualities of my forefathers who were killed on the Day of Badr. One of the things they were saying was: "Among us there is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow". He said: "Do not say this, for no one knows what will happen tomorrow except Allah".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ، - اسْمُهُ خَالِدٌ الْمَدَنِيُّ - قَالَ كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ وَالْجَوَارِي يَضْرِبْنَ بِالدُّفِّ وَيَتَغَنَّيْنَ فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَى الرُّبَيِّعِ بِنْتِ مُعَوِّذٍ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ ﷺ ـ صَبِيحَةَ عُرْسِي وَعِنْدِي جَارِيَتَانِ تُغَنِّيَانِ وَتَنْدُبَانِ آبَائِي الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَتَقُولاَنِ فِيمَا تَقُولاَنِ وَفِينَا نَبِيٌّ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَمَّا هَذَا فَلاَ تَقُولُوهُ مَا يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ
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future  *  knowledge  *  assumptions  *  a  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Do not make assumptions about the future; trust in God alone; accept that only He has knowledge of all things including our future; be humble .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us that we should not make assumptions about what will happen in the future as only Allah knows what will come to pass. It was narrated by Abu Husain, whose name was Khalid Al-Madani, who said he was in Al-Madinah on the Say of 'Ashura when he entered upon Rubai' bint Mu'awwidh and mentioned two girls singing and mentioning her forefathers who were killed on the Day of Badr. One of them said “Among us there is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow” but then Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) corrected them saying “Do not say this, for no one knows what will happen tomorrow except Allah”. This teaches us that we should be humble and accept that only God has knowledge of all things including our future. We should trust in Him alone and not make any presumptions or predictions about our lives or those around us as it is beyond our control or understanding.

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