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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Emendation of A Shi‘ite Creed The Belief concerning Allah's Intention and Will (Al-Mashiah Wa 'l-Iradah) ============================================================================== Ash-Shaykh Abu Ja‘far, may Allah have mercy upon him, says: "Allah wills (sha’a) and intends (arada), and He does not like (to be disobeyed) and He does not approve (of it); it is His will that nothing should take place except that of which He has knowledge, and His intention is the same." Ash-Shaykh al-Mufid, may Allah have mercy upon him, comments that what has been mentioned by Abu Ja‘far, may Allah have mercy upon him, in this respect is not clear and leads to error and confusion, because he relied on the apparent meaning of divergent traditions (ahadith mukhtalifah)[^1] and following the transmitters without critical insight.

The fact of the matter is that Allah wills only good acts and intends only those that are seemly (becoming), and He does not will base actions, and does not intend sins. Allah is exalted far above what the liars assert.

Allah says: And Allah wishes no injustice for His servants [40:31], and He, the Sublime, says: Allah desires ease for you and desires not hardship for you [2:185]; and He, the Sublime, says: Allah desires to make (things) clear to you, and to guide you in the ways of those who were before you [4:26]. He, the Sublime, says: And Allah desires to turn to you (mercifully), and those who follow their lusts, desire that you should deviate (with great deviation) [ibid.27].

Also, He, the Sublime, says: Allah desires to make your task light for you, for man is created weak [ibid 28]. Thus, He, the Praised, declares that He desires not hardship for His servants, instead He desires ease for them, and He intends to guide them, and He does not intend to delude them, and wills that their burdens should be light and He does not wish to overburden them.

So, if He wills that they should sin, then He would never have wished that they should be shown the way and that their burden should be made light and their path easy, whereas the Book of Allah bears witness to the opposite of what those in error assert falsely, that Allah is exalted above the assertion of the evil-doers.