[5] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى...
[5] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْجَبْرِ وَ الْقَدَرِ فَقَالَ لَا جَبْرَ وَ لَا قَدَرَ وَ لَكِنْ مَنْزِلَةٌ بَيْنَهُمَا فِيهَا الْحَقُّ الَّتِي بَيْنَهُمَا لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا الْعَالِمُ أَوْ مَنْ عَلَّمَهَا إِيَّاهُ الْعَالِمُ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Salih Bin Sahl, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘He -asws was asked about the compulsion and the Pre-determination’.
So, he -asws said: ‘There is neither Compulsion nor Pre-determination, but there is a status between the two wherein is the Truth which is between the two. None knows it except for the knowledgeable ones -asws , or the ones whom the knowledgeable ones -asws teach it to’.
[6] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا يَقُولُ بِالْجَبْرِ وَ بَعْضَهُمْ يَقُولُ بِالِاسْتِطَاعَةِ Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah, and someone else, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws , ‘Some of our companions are saying with the Compulsion and some of them are saying with the (people’s) capabilities’.
قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي اكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ بِمَشِيئَتِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَشَاءُ وَ بِقُوَّتِي أَدَّيْتَ إِلَيَّ فَرَائِضِي وَ بِنِعْمَتِي قَوِيتَ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِي جَعَلْتُكَ سَمِيعاً بَصِيراً مَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِنْ نَفْسِكَ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنِّي أَوْلَى بِحَسَنَاتِكَ مِنْكَ وَ أَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِسَيِّئَاتِكَ مِنِّي وَ ذَلِكَ أَنِّي لَا أُسْأَلُ عَمَّا أَفْعَلُ وَ هُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ He (the narrator) said, ‘So he -asws said to me: ‘Write down, ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “O son of Adam -as ! By My -azwj Desire you came into being desiring (for yourself), and by My -azwj Strength you are fulfilling My -azwj Obligations to Me -azwj , and by My -azwj Favour I -azwj (have Given) you strength upon disobeying Me -azwj . I -azwj made you to be hearing, seeing.
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