A--- Allah the Almighty says: {And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam's loin his offspring) and made them testify as to themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord?" They said: "Yes! We testify"}. (Al-A' raf, 172)

Ibn Ishaq Ibn Rahawaih narrated that a man said: "O Allah's Messenger! Are deeds to be initiated, or is everything already ordained?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'When Allah the Almighty brought out the Children of Adam from his loin, He made them testify as to themselves, then He put them in His Palm and said: 'these are for Paradise and these are for Hell- :fire. The people of Paradise are facilitated for them the deeds of the people of Paradise, and the people of Hellfire are facilitated for them the deeds of the people of Hellfire. " In Al-Muwata' of Imam Malik: 'Vmar Ibn AIKhattab (May Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this verse: {And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam's loin his offspring) and made them testify as to themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord?" They said: "Yes! We testify, "}. (Al-A'raf, 172) He (`Umar) said: "I heard Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) when asked (the same question)

about it saying: 'Allah, Glory is His, created Adam, then He wiped his back with His Right Hand, till He brought out. of him offspring and said: 'I created these for Paradise and (so) they will proceed to the deeds of the people of Paradise.' Then, He wiped his back and brought out of him offspring and said: 'I created these for Hellfire and (so) they will proceed to the deeds of the people of Hellfire.’” (Malik, Abu Dawud, Ahmed and At- Tirmidhi)

In At-Tirmidhi: 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr (May Allah be pleased with them)

said: Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) came out to us holding two books in his hands. He said: "'Do you know what these two books are?' We said: 'No, O Allah's Messenger! Would you tell us?' He said pertaining to that in his right hand, 'This is a Book from the Lord of the Worlds, in which there are names of the people of Paradise, the names of their fathers and tribes, none will ever be added, nor taken away therefrom.’ Then, he said pertaining to that which is in his left hand, 'This is a Book from the Lord of the Worlds, in which there are names of the people of Hell-fire, the names of their fathers and tribes, none will ever be added, nor taken away therefrom. ' The companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: 'Why do we then labor while everything is settled down?' He (Peace be upon him) said: 'Be sure you are on the right course, and if you fail to observe this perfectly, try to do as much as you can (to live up to this ideal of moderation), the deeds of one from among the people of Paradise would be concluded with a good deed no matter what he did.’ Then, he (Peace be upon him) said: 'Your Lord accomplished (all that concerns) the slaves: a group in Paradise and a group in Hell-fire.” AtTirmidhi said: This is a Good, Authentic Hadith.