Qatila bint Saifi Juhaniya (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: A Jewish scholar came to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), then the narrator reported the hadith similar to the previous one, and added this: Upon both matters, he said: Subhan Allah! Subhan Allah! (an expression of amazement) What is that? And he said: "Whoever says, 'Whatever Allah wills,' then he should say between the two: 'Then as you will.'"

Abdullah bin Yasar Juhani narrated: A woman from our tribe told me that she heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, delivering a sermon. He, peace and blessings be upon him, was saying: "None of you should say: 'If Allah and so-and-so (had not done)...' If he must say it, then he should say: 'If Allah (had not done), then so-and-so.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard a man saying: "Evil is not according to decree (qadar)." So Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Between us and the people of Qadar is the statement of Allah, the Exalted: 'The polytheists will say: If Allah had willed, we would not have committed shirk, nor would our forefathers.' He recited up to: 'If He had willed, He would have guided you all.' Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: 'Inability and wisdom are from decree (qadar).'"

Ibn Tawus, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Those who speak about predestination speak without knowledge. Speaking about predestination—he said: Iblis met ‘Isa ibn Maryam, peace be upon him, and said to him: Do you not know that only what is written in your destiny will happen? Go to the top of the mountain and throw yourself down from there, and then see whether you remain alive or not. So ‘Isa, peace be upon him, said:“Allah says: It is not appropriate for a servant to test Me; I do whatever I will.”

Az-Zuhri, may Allah have mercy on him, narrated: Iblis met ‘Isa ibn Maryam, peace be upon him, and he mentioned the same example. And he narrated that ‘Isa, peace be upon him, said to him: A servant cannot test his Lord, but Allah can test His servant. Then they debated and discussed with each other.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him) towards Yemen, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:“You are going to a people of the Book, so (first of all) invite them to testify that there is no deity except Allah. If they accept this invitation from you, then inform them that Allah has made charity obligatory upon them in their wealth; it will be taken from their wealthy and given back to their poor. If they accept this from you, then avoid taking the best of their wealth, and beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.”

Muhammad ibn Ubaid al-Makki narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), it was said to him: A man has come to us, he speaks about predestination (qadar). So Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Show him to me, I will seize him by the head. By Allah! If his neck comes into my hand, I will break it, and if his nose comes into my mouth, I will bite it off, because I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "It is as if I am with the women of Banu Fahm, they are circling with Khazraj (as if their buttocks are colliding in a state of shirk). By Allah! Their evil opinion about them will not end until they exclude Allah from decreeing good, just as they have excluded Him from decreeing evil."

Mujahid bin Jabr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a narration similar to this.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "Five things have been given to me which were not given to any prophet before me, and I do not boast about it: I have been sent to the red and the black, whereas the prophets before me were sent specifically to their own people, but I have been sent generally to all people; I have been helped through awe, which precedes me by a month's journey; the entire earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification for me; spoils of war have been made lawful for me, which were not lawful for anyone before me; intercession has been given to me, and I have kept it in store for my Ummah, and it will be granted to every person who does not associate anything with Allah."

Ubaidi bin Umair narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) a similar narration. The narrator stated, Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: By "red and black" is meant the jinn and mankind.