قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ فَمَا الْفَرْقُ بَيْنَ...
قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ فَمَا الْفَرْقُ بَيْنَ الْإِكْرَاهِ وَ الْإِجْبَارِ I said, ‘May Allah -azwj Keep you well! What is the difference between the coercion and the compulsion?’ قَالَ الْإِجْبَارُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ وَ الْإِكْرَاهُ مِنَ الزَّوْجَةِ وَ الْأُمِّ وَ الْأَبِ وَ لَيْسَ بِشَيْءٍ. He -asws said: ‘ The compulsion is from the ruler and the coercion is from the wife, and the mother, and the father, and it isn’t of anything (consequence) ’.
[3] The Difference between the Compulsion and the Pre-determination مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ زَعْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْقُمِّيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ أَجْبَرَ اللَّهُ الْعِبَادَ عَلَى الْمَعَاصِي قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَفَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْأَمْرَ قَالَ قَالَ لَا قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا ذَا قَالَ لُطْفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ .
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Za’lan, from Abu Talib Al Qummy, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘I said, ‘Does Allah -azwj Compel the servants upon the disobedience?’ He -asws said: ‘No’. I said, ‘So, does He -azwj Delegate the matters to them?’ He -asws said: ‘No’. I said, ‘So what is (correct in) that?’ He -asws said: ‘A Kindness from your Lord -azwj between that’.
[4] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليهما السلام ) قَالَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْحَمُ بِخَلْقِهِ مِنْ أَنْ يُجْبِرَ خَلْقَهُ عَلَى الذُّنُوبِ ثُمَّ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَ اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِنْ أَنْ يُرِيدَ أَمْراً فَلَا يَكُونَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from someone else, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws and Abu Abdullah -asws both having said: ‘Allah -azwj is more Merciful with His -azwj creatures than Compelling His -azwj creatures upon the sins, then He -azwj Punishes them upon these; and Allah is Mightier than for Him -azwj to Intend a matter, so it does not come into being’.
قَالَ فَسُئِلَا ( عليهما السلام ) هَلْ بَيْنَ الْجَبْرِ وَ الْقَدَرِ مَنْزِلَةٌ ثَالِثَةٌ قَالَا نَعَمْ أَوْسَعُ مِمَّا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ He (the narrator) said, ‘So they -asws were both asked, ‘Is there a third status between the Compulsion and the Pre-determination?’ They -asws both said: ‘Yes, more extensive than what is between the sky and the earth’.
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