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

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Oneness of Allah (God) Chapter: Declaration, Definition and the Need for Solid Proof وَبِهَذَا الاسْنَادِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ حَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الاعْلَى قَالَ قُلْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَصْلَحَكَ الله هَلْ جُعِلَ فِي النَّاسِ أَدَاةٌ يَنَالُونَ بِهَا الْ٠َعْرِفَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لا قُلْتُ فَهَلْ كُلِّفُوا الْ٠َعْرِفَةَ قَالَ لا عَلَى الله الْبَيَانُ لا يُكَلِّفُ الله نَفْساً إِلا وُسْعَها وَلا يُكَلِّفُ الله نَفْساً إِلا ٠ا آتاها قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ وَ٠ا كانَ الله لِيُضِلَّ قَوْ٠اً بَعْدَ إِذْ هَداهُ٠ْ حَتَّى يُبَيِّنَ لَهُ٠ا يَتَّقُونَ قَالَ حَتَّى يُعَرِّفَهُ٠Through the chain of narrators of the previous Hadith from Yunus has narrated from Hammad from ‘Abd al-A‘la who has said the following: “Once I said to (Imam) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ’May Allah keep you well, Has Allah placed a means in people to know?’ He replied, ‘No, He has not done so.’ I asked, ‘Will He hold them responsible for knowing?’ He said, ‘No, because it is for Allah to explain.’ ‘Allah does not impose on any soul a responsibility beyond its ability...’ (2:286) ‘Allah does not impose on any soul that which he cannot afford...’ (65:7) “I asked the Imam about the words of Allah in, ‘Allah does not misguide a nation after having given them guidance until the means of piety are made known to them...’ (9:115) The Imam said, ‘It (means of piety) means not until He gives the knowledge of what pleases Him and what displeases Him.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/226)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)