Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا نَعْمَلُ فِيهِ أَفِي أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ أَوْ مُبْتَدَإٍ أَوْ مُبْتَدَعٍ قَالَ فِيمَا قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ فَاعْمَلْ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَإِنَّ كُلًّا مُيَسَّرٌ أَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْمَلُ لِلسَّعَادَةِ وَأَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْمَلُ لِلشَّقَاءِ.
English Translation
Abd ar-Rahman told us, Shu'bah told us, from Asim ibn Ubaydullah, who said: I heard Salim ibn Abdullah narrate from Ibn Umar, who said: Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of what we do - is it in a matter already decided, or something newly begun, or something innovated?" He said, "It is in a matter already decided, so act, O son of al-Khattab, for everything has been made easy. As for the one who is among the people of felicity, he acts toward felicity; and as for the one who is among the people of wretchedness, he acts toward wretchedness."