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

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Predestination, Fate and the Middle Road in Between الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ الله فَوَّضَ الا٠ْرَ إِلَى الْعِبَادِ قَالَ الله أَعَزُّ ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ فَجَبَرَهُ٠َعَاصِي قَالَ الله أَعْدَلُ وَأَحْكَ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ قَالَ الله يَا ابْنَ آدَ٠َ أَنَا أَوْلَى بِحَسَنَاتِكَ ٠ِنْكَ وَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِسَيِّئَاتِكَ ٠َعَاصِيَ بِقُوَّتِيَ الَّتِي جَعَلْتُهَا فِيكَ.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al- Husayn ibn Ali al-Washsha’ the following from abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.),: “Once I asked the Imam (a.s.), ‘Has Allah left all the matters to people?’ The Imam said, ‘Allah, Most Exalted, is by far above and beyond such things.’ I then asked, ‘Has He compelled them to commit sins?’ The Imam said, ‘Allah’s justice and His judgment are far above and beyond such things.’ The Imam further said, ‘Allah has said, “O sons of Adam, I have more credit in your good deeds than you yourself do and you have more responsibility for your bad deeds than I do.

You commit sins with the power that I have given to you.’” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/184))