It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the deeds we do: is it a matter that has already been decided (in destiny), or something we are beginning anew?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every person is enabled to do that for which he was created." Then Yunus bin Maysarah (may Allah have mercy on him) turned to Sa'id bin Abd al-Aziz and said to him: "The confirmation of this hadith is in the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." Sa'id asked: "O Ibn Halbas, where is it?" He said: "Do you not hear this saying of Allah: 'And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty; but Allah has made faith beloved to you and adorned it in your hearts, and has made disbelief, wickedness and disobedience hateful to you. Those are the rightly guided, as a bounty from Allah and a favour' [Surah al-Hujurat: 7-8] ." Then Yunus said: "O Sa'id, what do you think: if these people had been left to themselves, as these wicked people (the deniers of destiny) claim, in which direction would they have gone? Towards that which was made beloved and adorned for them (faith), or towards that which was made hateful to them (disbelief and disobedience)?" This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Hamzah bin Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he was sitting with his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), when a man from Iraq came and said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, by Allah, I have striven eagerly to adopt your way, to follow you in the matter of the divisions among people, and to keep away from evil as much as I can. But I read a decisive verse in the Book of Allah which has gripped my heart (with worry), so tell me about it: what is your view of this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: 'And if two groups of the believers fight each other, then make peace between them. But if one of them transgresses against the other, then fight the one that transgresses until it returns to the command of Allah. Then if it returns, make peace between them with justice, and act justly; indeed, Allah loves those who act justly' [Surah al-Hujurat: 9] ?" At this Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "What have you to do with this matter? Go away from me." So the man got up and left, until when he had gone out of our sight, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) turned to us and said: "I have not felt in myself such unease (and regret) over anything as I have felt over the matter of this verse: that I did not fight this transgressing group as Allah commanded me." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "And do not find fault with one another" [Surah al-Hujurat: 11] , that he said: "It means that none of you should taunt another." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.