الاحتجاج - الشيخ الطبرسي - ج ٢ - الصفحة ٢٨٤
Al Ihtijaj by Shaikh Tabrisi (ra), Volume 2, Page 284
The message that came from Imam Mahdi (during the shorter occultation) in response to the question posed to him (as) regarding whether Allah (swt) had delegated the affair of takhleeq (creating) and giving rizq (sustenance) to the Imams (as) or not?
أبو الحسن علي بن أحمد الدلال القمي قال: اختلف جماعة من الشيعة في أن الله عز وجل فوض إلى الأئمة صلوات الله عليهم أن يخلقوا ويرزقوا، فقال قوم: هذا محال لا يجوز على الله تعالى، لأن الأجسام لا يقدر على خلقها غير الله عز وجل، وقال آخرون: بل الله أقدر الأئمة على ذلك وفوض إليهم فخلقوا ورزقوا، وتنازعوا في ذلك نزاعا شديدا، فقال قائل: ما بالكم لا ترجعون إلى أبي جعفر محمد بن عثمان فتسألوه عن ذلك ليوضح لكم الحق فيه، فإنه الطريق إلى صاحب الأمر، فرضيت الجماعة بأبي جعفر وسلمت وأجابت إلى قوله، فكتبوا المسألة وأنفذوها إليه، فخرج إليهم من جهته توقيع، نسخته:
إن الله تعالى هو الذي خلق الأجسام، وقسم الأرزاق لأنه ليس بجسم ولا حال في جسم، ليس كمثله شئ، وهو السميع البصير.
وأما الأئمة عليهم السلام، فإنهم يسألون الله تعالى فيخلق، ويسألونه فيرزق إيجابا لمسألتهم، وإعظاما لحقهم
وأما الأئمة عليهم السلام، فإنهم يسألون الله تعالى فيخلق، ويسألونه فيرزق إيجابا لمسألتهم، وإعظاما لحقهم
Abu al Hasan Ali b. Ahmad al Dalal al Qumi said: "A group among the Shias differed as to whether Allah (swt) had delegated the matters of takhleeq and giving rizq to the Imams (as) or not, so one party argued: "This is impossible, it is not proper for Allah (to have delegated those affairs to the Imams (as), because bodies are not capable of creating themselves without Allah (swt)." While the other party argued: "Rather, Allah (swt) empowered the Imams (as) upon that and delegated to them, therefore they do takhleeq and give rizq." This dispute was extremely tense. So a person suggested: "What is stopping you people that you do not refer to abi Ja'far Muhammad b. Uthman (i.e. one of the representatives of Imam Mahdi during the minor occultation) and ask him about this so that he may clarify the truth for you, for indeed he has access to Sahib al Amr (as)." So the group agreed upon abi Ja'far to accept his verdict, so they wrote the question and carried out to him. So then a tawqee (letter of Imam Mahdi) from him came to them, in which was written (the reply): "Indeed Allah (swt), He (swt) is the one who created the bodies and distributed rizq as He (swt) does not have a body and nor has done hulool (transfusion) into a body, there is nothing like Him (swt), and He is all hearing and all seeing. As for the Imams (as), so indeed they ask (supplicate) Allah (swt) so He does khalq (creates), and they ask so He (swt) gives rizq, acceptance (of their supplication) is due to their asking and greatness of their right (Haq)."
الاعتقادات في دين الإمامية - الشيخ الصدوق - الصفحة ٩٧
'Iteqadat by Shaikh Sadooq (ra), Page 97
قال الشيخ أبو جعفر - رضي الله
عنه -: اعتقادنا في الغلاة والمفوضة أنهم كفار بالله تعالى، وأنهم أشر من
اليهود والنصارى والمجوس والقدرية والحرورية (١) ومن جميع أهل البدع
والأهواء المضلة
Shaikh Sadooq (ra) said: "Our belief regarding the Ghulat and Mufawidha is that they are disbelievers (kuffar) of Allah (swt), and they are worse than the Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, Qadria, Haruriya and all the people engaged in bid'ah (innovations in Islam) and pursuing deviant desires."
Section (on the) belief in negation of the ghulu (excess/exaggerating the status of the infallibles) and the tafwidh (delegation of affairs of creation)
وروي عن زرارة أنه قال ، قلت للصادق ـ عليه السلام ـ : ( إن رجلا من ولد عبد الله بن سبأ يقول بالتفويض.
قال ـ عليه السلام ـ : ( وما التفويض ) ؟ قلت : يقول : إن الله عزوجل خلق محمدا صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وعليا ـ عليه السلام ـ ثم فوض الأمر إليهما ، فخلقا ، ورزقا ، وأحييا ، وأماتا.
فقال : ( كذب عدو الله ، إذا رجعت إليه فاقرأ عليه الآية التي في سورة الرعد ( أم جعلوا لله شركاء خلقوا كخلقه فتشابه الخلق عليهم قل الله خالق كل شيء وهو الواحد القاهر ) . فانصرفت إلى رجل فأخبرته بما قال الصادق ـ عليه السلام ـ فكأنما ألقمته حجرا ، أو قال : فكأنما خرس
قال ـ عليه السلام ـ : ( وما التفويض ) ؟ قلت : يقول : إن الله عزوجل خلق محمدا صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وعليا ـ عليه السلام ـ ثم فوض الأمر إليهما ، فخلقا ، ورزقا ، وأحييا ، وأماتا.
فقال : ( كذب عدو الله ، إذا رجعت إليه فاقرأ عليه الآية التي في سورة الرعد ( أم جعلوا لله شركاء خلقوا كخلقه فتشابه الخلق عليهم قل الله خالق كل شيء وهو الواحد القاهر ) . فانصرفت إلى رجل فأخبرته بما قال الصادق ـ عليه السلام ـ فكأنما ألقمته حجرا ، أو قال : فكأنما خرس
And it is narrated from Zurarah that he said, I said to Imam al Sadiq (as): "Indeed a man from children of Abdullah ibn Saba professes by tafwidh." Said [Imam] (as): "And what is tafwidh?" I said: "He says: Indeed Allah (swt) created Muhammad (pbuh) and Ali (as), then delegated the command to them, for creation, and to give rizq (sustenance), and to give life, and to give death." So [Imam (as)] said: "Enemy of Allah (swt) lied, when you go back to him then recite upon him these ayaat (verses) in Surah al Ra'd (Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation): [Or do they assign to God partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "God is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."] So I turned (went back) to (that) man, then informed him by what Imam al Sadiq (as) had said, so it (his reaction) was as if he had swallowed a stone or had become mute/dumb."
عيون أخبار الرضا (ع) للصدوق (381 هـ) الجزء1 صفحة219
Salam
ReplyDeleteI have linked this entry in my blog http://researchintoothersects.blogspot.com/2011/06/interesting-hadiths-about-ghulat.html
Wasalam,
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. Insa'Allah I'll be putting up some more ahadith about shi'ite and non shi'te sects. There would be lots of takfeer, lol.
as salaamu alaykum
ReplyDeleteBrother, what are your views on this concept of 'wilayat al taquiniyya'? Unless i am misunderstanding what it is, how is it different to these people cursed by the Imam (a) in some of the above ahadith?
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@Anonymous: Wassalam,
ReplyDeleteWilayah al takwiniya is something which isn't even mentioned in our ahadith or by our classical scholars, it is just a relatively recent invention and has no place in tashayyu. But unfortunately even many of our modern scholars believe in that idiocy.
Since wilayah takwiniya isn't mentioned in ahadith or by our classical scholars, there isn't a standard definition for it and those who believe in it, they all do not have a uniform definition of it. Therefore if someone says he believes in wilayah takwiniya, it isn't possible to call him kafir/mushrik like the people mentioned in these ahadith without him fully clarifying what he means by it. But yes, if someone admits that their belief in wilayah takwini involves believing that the affairs of khalq. rizq etc have been delegated to the Ma'soomeen (as) and they're the ones who control it, then of course there isn't a difference between him and the people in the hadith. That sort of wilayah takwiniya would just be another label for tafwidh. Generally, one should avoid altogether any recent innovations in religion.