Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God)

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Chapter on Test and Choice ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَ٠َّدٍ الطَّيَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ فِيهِ قَبْضٌ أَوْ بَسْطٌ ٠َرَ الله بِهِ أَوْ نَهَى عَنْهُ إِلا وَفِيهِ لله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ابْتِلاءٌ وَقَضَاءٌ.

“ There is nothing in which there is expansion or reduction of the matters that Allah has commanded or has prohibited except that Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, therein has a decree and a testing.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/165)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)