Inanimate Objects Have Destiny

Inanimate Objects also have a Destiny/Fate – قدر

It has been narrated:

لا تضربوا إماءكم على إنائكم فإن لها أجلا كآجال الناس
“Don’t smack your servants for breaking your vessels, because even (these lifeless vessels) have a fate (predestined end time), just like humans have a fate.”

[Ibn Hibban in ‘Al-Du’afaa’, (1/327).
Ibn al-Jawzi said: حديث لا يصح
Al-Munawi said: إسناده ضعيف
Al-Dhahabi said: فيه سعيد بن هبيرة متهم].

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This is not an authentic narration (الحديث لا يصح).
However, its meaning is correct ( لكن معناه صحيح).

So remember:

When a child breaks a mug, or a plate, a vessel, a chair, a painting, or even a TV – don’t go mad at them.

Remember that everything has a fate/destiny/expiry date (أَجَل), even lifeless objects.

The Qur’an says:

وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ
“Not even a leaf falls without Gods knowledge, nor is there a grain in the darkness of the earth or anything—green or dry—but is written in a perfect Record [Book of Destiny].” [Qur’an 6:59].

[Small Print: Terms and Conditions Apply: Unless someone is being continuously clumsy and careless of course – then we should teach/advice them in a nice manner.]