3.Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil said: `Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sa`dabadi said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al—Barqi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Yunus ibn `Abd al-Rahman, on the authority of more than one that Abu Ja`far al-Baqir and Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq both said: “Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, is too Merciful towards His Creation then to compel them to sin and then punish them for it. Allah is Mightier than intending a matter and not being able to it.” The reporter says: “They were both asked: “Is there another position besides that of compulsion and free will?” They replied, “Yes, verily, and it is broader than the space between heaven and earth.”