It is narrated that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this verse: "And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants and made them testify over themselves: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes indeed, we testify, lest you say on the Day of Resurrection: We were unaware of this" [Surah al-A'raf: 172] . He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was asked about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty created Adam (peace be upon him), then He wiped his back with His right hand and brought forth from it his offspring, and said: 'I have created these for Paradise, and they will do the deeds of the people of Paradise.' Then He wiped his back again and brought forth from it (other) offspring, and said: 'I have created these for the Fire, and they will do the deeds of the people of the Fire.'" At this a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, then what is the point of deeds?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, when Allah Almighty creates a servant for Paradise, He employs him in the deeds of the people of Paradise." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.