عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ...
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ ( عليه السلام ) أُخْبِرُهُ أَنِّي شَاكٌّ وَ قَدْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ( عليه السلام ) رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتى وَ أَنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُرِيَنِي شَيْئاً Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Al Husayn Bin Al Hakam who said, ‘I wrote to Al-Abd Al-Salih -asws (7 th Imam -asws ), informing him -asws that I am doubtful, and Ibrahim -as had said [2:260] And when Ibrahim said: Lord!
Show me how You Revive the dead , and I would like you -asws to show me something’. فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَزْدَادَ إِيمَاناً وَ أَنْتَ شَاكٌّ وَ الشَّاكُّ لَا خَيْرَ فِيهِ So he -asws wrote: ‘Ibrahim -as was a Momin and he -as loved that there be an increase in his -as Em ā n , but you are doubtful, and there is no good in the doubt.
وَ كَتَبَ إِنَّمَا الشَّكُّ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ الْيَقِينُ فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْيَقِينُ لَمْ يَجُزِ الشَّكُّ وَ كَتَبَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ وَ ما وَجَدْنا لِأَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍ وَ إِنْ وَجَدْنا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفاسِقِينَ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الشَّاكِّ . And he -asws wrote: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying [7:102] And We did not find in most of them any (faithfulness to) the Covenant, and We found most of them to be as transgressors .
He -asws said: ‘ It was Revealed regarding the doubt ’. [5] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ لَا تَرْتَابُوا فَتَشُكُّوا وَ لَا تَشُكُّوا فَتَكْفُرُوا .
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Abu Is’haq Al Khurasany who said, ‘Amir Al- Momineen -asws was saying in a sermon of his -asws : ‘Do not be suspicious for you will be doubting, and do not be doubtful for you would be disbelieving’ (losing Faith).
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