909 - 'Ismah ibn 'Isam informed me, saying: Hanbal narrated to us, saying: I said to Abu 'Abd Allah: 'Some people argue using this verse: {Whatever of good reaches you is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you is from yourself} [An-Nisa': 79].' Abu 'Abd Allah said: 'Whatever of good reaches you is from Allah, and whatever of evil befalls you is from yourself, yet Allah has decreed it.'
