5. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Haytham al-`Ijli; Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qittan; Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Sinani; al-Husayn ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmad ibn Hisham al-Mukattab; `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Sa`igh and `Ali ibn `Abd Allah al-Warraq (may All be pleased with them) all said: Abu al-`Abbas Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyyah al-Qittan said: Bakr ibn `Abd Allah ibn Husayn said: Tamim ibn Buhlul said: Abu Mu`awiyah said, on he authority of al-A`mash that Ja`far ibn Muhammad said the following regarding Islamic law:

Verily, Allah does not impose anything on a soul except what it can bear, and does not oblige it to do anything it does not have the strength to do. The actions of the servants are created with decreed [taqdir] creation, not with constitutional [takwin] creation and Allah is the Creator of all Things. We do not believe in determinism or relinquishment. Allah, the Mighty and High, does not hold the innocent to be that guilty, nor does Allah, the Mighty and High, punish children for the sins of their fathers. For verily, He has said in Perfect Book: And no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another; the Mighty and High says: And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for. Allah, the Mighty and High, forgives and favors. It is not befitting of the Mighty and High to oppress. Allah, the Mighty and High, does not oblige His Servants to obey the one that may lead them astray and misguided them. When He selects His Servants to be His Messengers, he does not select any that disbelieve in Him, and who may serve Satan instead of Him. He never appoints but an infallible person as a Proof over His Creation. The Compiler of this book says: The tradition is detailed; we have extracted from it the required passage. I have transmitted all of it in the book Al-Khisal.