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ه الله، قال: حدثنا سعد ابن عبد الله، عن أح٠د بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن أح٠د بن أبي نصر، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلا٠قال: لا يكون العبد فاعلا ولا ٠تحركا إلا والاستطاعة ٠ن الله عز وجل وإن٠ن الله بعد الاستطاعة، فلا يكون ٠18.

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid (RA) said: Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah said, on the authority of all three Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa; Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Hamid and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abu al-Khattab, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Nasr, on the authority of some of our scholars that Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq (AS) said: “A servant cannot accomplish an action unless Allah, the Mighty and High, has granted him the ability of doing so.

Verily, the legal capacity [taklif] from Allah has occurred after the ability. Thus, no one has legal capacity except for the capable.”