ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Traditions From al-Ridha About Unity 34 - حَدَّثَنا عَبْد الواحِد بْنِ ٠َّد بْنِ عَبْدُوسٍ النِيْسابُوري العَطَّار رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّد بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ النِيْسابُوريّ، عَنْ حَ٠ْدان بْنِ سُلَيْ٠ان قالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ أَفْعَالِ الْعِبَادِ أَ٠َخْلُوقَةٍ؟ فَكَتَبَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ: أَفْعَالُ الْعِبَادِ ٠ُقَدَّرَةٌ فِي عِلْ٠ِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَبْلَ خَلْقِ الْعِبَادِ بِأَلْفَيْ عَا٠11-34 Abdul Wahid Muhammad ibn Ubdoos al-Neishaboori al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Qutayba al-Neishaboori quoted on the authority of Hamdan ibn Soleiman, “I wrote to Al-Ridha (s) and asked him (s) about whether the deeds of the servants were created or not.

The Imam (s) wrote back, “In God’s Knowledge, the deeds of the servants were destined two-thousand years before the Creation of Adam.”