He (A.S.) said...

He (A.S.) said: (That who claims that Allah himself does our deeds thereafter to torture us for them is a believer in determinism, and that who claims that Allah the Great and Almighty had authorized the Imam’s (A.S.) to decide for the people and determine their means of living is a believer in authorization; the one who believes in determinism is an atheist, and the one who believes in authorization is a polytheist. I said: O, son of the Messenger of Allah!

What then is the case inbetween two concerns? He (A.S.) said: (There is away to do whatever they were commanded to do, and to give up whatever they were commanded not to do). I said: Does Allah the Great and Almighty have a will and a desire to make them do or not do so? He (A.S.) said: Allah shows his will in accepting man’s obedience’s as He has commanded him to do; He also shows his will in forsaking man and rejecting his wrong doings as He has commanded him not to do them.

I said: then Allah the Great and Almighty determines them? He (A.S.) said: yes, man cannot do good or evil unless Allah wishes and decides. I said: Then what does Allah’s determination and decision mean? He (A.S.) said: Allah decides people’s reward and punishment for their deeds, both in this mundane world and in the hereafter. But if man insisted on disobedience and revolt, Allah the Sublime will forsake him leaving him to his own devices, depriving him from the grace of faith.

It has been narrated that (As Sadoqu) in his (AlUyoon) said: (Abdul Wahed bin Muhammad bin Abdoos Al Attar) told us that (Muhammad bin Ali Qutaibah Al Nissaboory) narrated from (Hamdan bin Silman Al…