[8] The Ordainment and the Pre-determined -without Coercion...
[8] The Ordainment and the Pre-determined -without Coercion: عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ غَيْرِهِمَا رَفَعُوهُ قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) جَالِساً بِالْكُوفَةِ بَعْدَ مُنْصَرَفِهِ مِنْ صِفِّينَ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ شَيْخٌ فَجَثَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ مَسِيرِنَا إِلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَ بِقَضَاءٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ قَدَرٍ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) أَجَلْ يَا شَيْخُ مَا عَلَوْتُمْ تَلْعَةً وَ لَا هَبَطْتُمْ بَطْنَ وَادٍ إِلَّا بِقَضَاءٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ قَدَرٍ Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Is’haq Bin Muhammad and someone else, raising it, He -asws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws was seated in Al-Kufa, after his -asws leaving from (the battle of) Siffeen, when an old man squatted in front of him -asws , then said to him -asws , ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !
Inform us about our travel to the people of Syria. Was it by an Ordainment from Allah -azwj and Pre-determination?’ Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Yes O Sheykh! No hill did you ascend nor a valley you descend into except it was by an Ordainment from Allah -azwj and Pre-determined’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ الشَّيْخُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَحْتَسِبُ عَنَائِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَهْ يَا شَيْخُ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَظَّمَ اللَّهُ الْأَجْرَ فِي مَسِيرِكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ سَائِرُونَ وَ فِي مَقَامِكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ مُقِيمُونَ وَ فِي مُنْصَرَفِكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ مُنْصَرِفُونَ وَ لَمْ تَكُونُوا فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ حَالَاتِكُمْ مُكْرَهِينَ وَ لَا إِلَيْهِ مُضْطَرِّينَ The Sheykh said to Imam Ali -asws , ‘Will my exhaustion be Counted in the Presence of Allah -azwj , O Amir Al-Momineen -asws ?’ Imam -asws said to him: ‘Muh!
(Shh!), O Sheykh! Allah -azwj has Magnified the Recompense regarding your travels while you were travelling, and regarding your staying while you were staying, and regarding your leaving, while you were leaving, and you did not happen to be in anything from your states being coerced nor forced to it ’ .
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