Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 360

Allah is gracious, He does not punish for what is not in one’s control
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عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَجِي‏ءُ مِنْهُ الشَّيْ‏ءُ عَلَى حَدِّ الْغَضَبِ يُؤَاخِذُهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْتَغْلِقَ عَبْدَهُ وَ فِي نُسْخَةِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ (عليه السلام) يَسْتَقْلِقَ عَبْدَهُ.


360. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Ali Bin Atiyya, who has said: Abu Abdullah (a.s) said, ‘I was in his (a.s) presence and a man asked him (a.s) about a man from whom something comes out due to his anger, will Allah (azwj) Hold him responsible for it?’ So he (a.s) said: ‘Allah (azwj) is more benevolent than Tying down His (azwj) servant’. And in a copy from Abu Al-Hassan The First (a.s): (which says Allah (azwj) does not) ‘Coerce His (azwj) servant’.