[1] وَ قَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ رُوِيَ لَنَا عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ...

[1] وَ قَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ رُوِيَ لَنَا عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَا جَبْرَ وَ لَا تَفْوِيضَ بَلْ أَمْرٌ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ فَمَا مَعْنَاهُ And one of his -asws companions said, ‘It is reported to us from Al-Sadiq -asws having said: ‘There is neither compulsion nor delegation, but it is a matter between the two matters’, so what is it’s meaning?’ قَالَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ فَوَّضَ أَمْرَ الْخَلْقِ وَ الرِّزْقِ إِلَى عِبَادِهِ فَقَدْ قَالَ بِالتَّفْوِيضِ He -asws (Al-Sadiq -asws ) said: ‘One who claims that Allah -azwj Delegates the Commands to the created being and the sustenance to His -azwj servants, so he has spoken with the delegation’.

قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ الْقَائِلُ بِهِ مُشْرِكٌ I said, ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -azwj , and the speaker with it is a Polytheist?’ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَ مَنْ قَالَ بِالْجَبْرِ فَقَدْ ظَلَّمَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى He -asws said: ‘Yes, and the one who says with the compulsion so he has (made) Allah -azwj the Exalted as unjust’. فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَمَا أَمْرٌ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ I said, ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww !

So, what is the matter between the two matters?’ فَقَالَ وُجُودُ السَّبِيلِ إِلَى إِتْيَانِ مَا أُمِرُوا بِهِ وَ تَرْكِ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ He -asws said: ‘Finding the way to doing what has been Commanded with and neglecting what has been Prohibited from’’. [2] وَ قَالَ: وَ قَدْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى فَوَّضَ إِلَى الْعِبَادِ أَفْعَالَهُمْ And he -asws and a man had said to him: ‘Allah -azwj the Exalted Delegated to the servants, their actions’.

فَقَالَ هُمْ أَضْعَفُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ He -asws said: ‘They are weaker than that and less’. وَ أَقَلُّ قَالَ فَجَبَرَهُمْ He said, ‘So He -azwj Compels them?’ قَالَ هُوَ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ أَجَلُّ He -asws said: ‘He -azwj is more Just than that and more Majestic’.

قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَقُولُ He said, ‘How are you -asws saying?’ قَالَ نَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَهُمْ وَ نَهَاهُمْ وَ أَقْدَرَهُمْ عَلَى مَا أَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ وَ نَهَاهُمْ عَنْهُ He -asws said: ‘We -asws are saying that Allah -azwj Commands them and Prohibits them, and He -azwj has Enabled them upon what He -azwj has Commanded them with and Prohibited them from’’.

سَأَلَهُ ع الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ الْخَلْقُ مَجْبُورُونَ He -asws was asked by Al-Fazl Bin Al-Hassan Bin Sahl, ‘The people are compelled?’ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ أَنْ يُجْبِرَ وَ يُعَذِّبَ He -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj is more Just than to Compel and (then) Punish’.